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NCT Number: NCT01397032

Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Children With Social Anxiety

Children with social anxiety will be randomly assigned to either Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) designed to direct attention away from threat or a placebo control condition not designed to change attention patterns. Outcome measures will be depression and social anxiety symptoms as measured by gold standard questionnaires as well as diagnosis of social phobia disorder and symptom counts derived from structured clinical interviews with children and their parents.

We expect to see significant reduction in social anxiety symptoms in the Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) group relative to the placebo control group.

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Key information

Conditions

Social Phobia Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Phobia, Social Phobic Disorders

Age range

7 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Tel-Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • children suffering from social anxiety

Exclusion criteria

  • Pharmacological or Psychological treatment

Treatment and study plan

Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT)

Behavioral

Behavioral: Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) Attention training using a computerized spatial attention task (dot-probe) modified to alter threat-related attention patterns.

Attention Control Condition

Behavioral

Attention training using a computerized spatial attention task (dot-probe) not intended to alter threat-related attention patterns.

Primary outcomes

  1. Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV (ADIS)

    Time frame: expected average time frame of 6 weeks. Participants will be assessed before and after the administriation of the training/control protocols.

    The ADIS is a semi-structured interview assessing anxiety, mood and externalizing disorders in children according to DSM-IV criteria.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) and for Parents (SPAI-c-p)

    Time frame: expected average time frame of 6 weeks. Participants will be assessed before and after the administriation of the training/control protocols.

    The SPAI is a 26-item self and parent-report instrument designed to assess social anxiety in children and adolescents. Items assess a range of potentially anxiety-producing situations.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tel Aviv University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Jul 19, 2011
Registry last updated
May 27, 2015

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