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NCT Number: NCT03671577

Building Closer Friendships in Social Anxiety Disorder

This study assesses whether a 4-week computerized intervention can be used to decrease fear of intimacy, and loneliness and improve perceived social support in people with Social Anxiety Disorder.

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Key information

Conditions

Social Anxiety

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida, 32304, United States

About this study

This study hopes to assess whether a month long computerized intervention aimed at giving people skills to form closer friendships. Participants will be randomized into an active treatment condition or a wait list control. We hypothesize that 1) participants in the treatment condition will have lower fear of intimacy at post treatment than those in the waitlist condition 2) participants in the treatment condition will have lower levels of loneliness than those in the waitlist condition 3) participants in the treatment condition will have higher perceived social support than those in the waitlist condition.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Social Anxiety Disorder Diagnosed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview
  • Social Phobia Inventory Score >19
  • Stable psychotropic medication for the past month and kept stable for duration of study

Exclusion criteria

  • Currently participating in therapy
  • Current Substance Dependence
  • Bipolar Disorder or psychotic illness
  • Current suicidality (imminent risk)

Treatment and study plan

Building Closer Friendships

Behavioral

Intervention designed to build social support and reduce loneliness by giving participants skills to strengthen their relationships

Primary outcomes

  1. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

    Time frame: Change in Perceived Social Support from baseline to post treatment (4weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

    Self-report scale that measures perceived levels of social support. Scores range from 12 to 84 with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived social support. The three subscales (friends, family and significant other) all have a range of 4 to 28 with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived social support.

  2. Fear of Intimacy Scale-friend version

    Time frame: Change in fear of intimacy from baseline to post treatment (4weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

    self report scale measuring fear of intimacy in friendships. Scores range from 26 to 130 with higher scores indicating a higher level of fear of intimacy.

Secondary outcomes

  1. UCLA Loneliness Scale

    Time frame: Change in loneliness from baseline to post treatment (4weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

    A 20 item Self report scale measuring loneliness. Scales range from 0 to 60 with higher scores indicating a higher level of loneliness.

  2. Social Phobia inventory

    Time frame: Change in social anxiety symptoms from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

    Self-report scale that measures Social anxiety symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 68 with higher scores indicating higher levels of social anxiety symptoms.

  3. State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety-Trait Version (STICSA-T)

    Time frame: Change in overall anxiety symptoms from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

    Self-report measure used to assess overall anxiety symptoms. Scores range from 21 to 84 with higher scores indicating higher levels of overall anxiety.

  4. Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

    Time frame: Change in depression symptoms from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

    Self-report measure used to assess depressive symptoms. Total scores range from 0 to 60 with higher scores indicating a higher level of depressive symptoms.

  5. Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ)

    Time frame: Change in suicide vulnerability from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

    Self report measure of suicide vulnerability. Total scores range from 15 to 105, with higher scores indicating a higher vulnerability for suicide.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Florida State University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Building Closer Friendships in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Preliminary Test

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Sep 14, 2018
Registry last updated
Jan 29, 2021

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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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