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NCT Number: NCT02401282

Attention and Social Behavior in Children

This study examines the way attention may be linked to temperamental risk for anxiety, social behavior and brain processes. The study aims to see if temperamentally at risk youth display an attention bias towards threat, and if anxiety symptoms can be reduced through attentional bias modification training.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

9 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Penn State University Child Study Center

University Park, Pennsylvania, 16801, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 9-12 year olds who do not meet exclusionary criteria (split into groups based on high and low temperamental shyness)

Exclusion criteria

  • presence or permanent metal orthodontics or implanted metal devices
  • severe psychiatric diagnosis
  • IQ under 70 as assessed by the WISC

Treatment and study plan

Attention Bias Modification

Behavioral

This is a modification of the dot-probe task (placebo task) designed to train attention away from threat

Dot-probe task

Behavioral

This is the active control placebo condition that simply measures levels of attention to threat

Primary outcomes

  1. Anxiety Symptoms

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    parent and child report of child's anxiety symptoms

  2. Attention bias levels

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    performance on computerized attention task

  3. Electrophysiological and neural correlates of attention bias

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    EEG and fMRI measures

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Penn State University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Registry information

Acronym: BRAINS

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Mar 27, 2015
Registry last updated
Jan 16, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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