The effect of training mental control of emotional information on individuals with elevated social anxiety

Completed

• Conditions: social anxiety; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001196235
• Lead Sponsor: Quincy Wong

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-07-18
• Study Completion: 2018-09-04
• Last Update Posted: 21 September 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

(a) aged 18 years or older
(b) elevated social anxiety as indicated by a score of 7 or higher on the short form Social Interaction Anxiety Scale or 2 or higher on the short form Social Phobia Scale.

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social-evaluative cognitive processes, as measured by the Anticpatory Processing Questionnaire, Attentional Focus Questionnaire, and Extended Post-event Processing Questionnaire[Immediately pre-training, immediately post-training];Attentional engagement with negative social stimuli, and attentional disengagement with negative social stimuli, as measured by a modified dot probe task[Immediately pre-training, immediately post-training];Cognitive empathy, as measured by emotional slider scales (0-100) in response to short video clips of individuals describing emotional events [Immediately pre-training, immediately post-training]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary Outcome: Affective empathy, as measured by emotional slider scales (0-100) in response to short video clips of individuals describing emotional events[Immediately pre-training, immediately post-training];Working memory, as measured by the Digit span test[Immediately pre-training, immediately post-training];Anxiety levels during a talking task, as measured by a 11-point Likert scale[Immediately pre-training, immediately post-training]