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NCT Number: NCT03044678

School Based Prevention for Childhood Anxiety

This study was designed to conceptualize a school-based prevention program or childhood anxiety.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

8 year–11 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

This is a project corresponding to a career development grant. The main goal of the proposed research was to identify potential barriers to implementing a school-based anxiety preventive intervention, identify strategies to overcome these barriers, and use this information to test a school-based indicated intervention for child anxiety.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion:

Borderline child anxiety levels based on the Spence Child Anxiety Scale

Exclusion:

Externalizing problems (based on teacher nominations) more severe than Spence Child Anxiety Scale borderline levels

Treatment and study plan

REACH for Success

Behavioral

Exposure-based cognitive behavioral with social skill training (cognitive self control, relaxation, skills for conversations and assertiveness)

Self-study

Behavioral

Books for youth about anxiety management

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in child anxiety symptoms (clinical)

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up

    Child anxiety symptoms based on the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children

  2. Change in child anxiety levels (typical)

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up

    Child anxiety based on the Spence Child Anxiety Scale

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in child negative cognition

    Time frame: Change from baseline to immediate posttest (at 6-weeks)

    Children's Negative Cognitive Errors on the Children's Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire

  2. Changes in child negative cognition

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up

    Children's Negative Cognitive Errors on the Children's Negative Cognitive Errors Questionnaire

  3. Changes in emotion understanding and expression

    Time frame: Change from baseline to immediate posttest (at 6-weeks)

    Children's Emotion Expressivity based on the Emotion Expressivity Scale for Children

  4. Changes in emotion understanding and expression

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up)

    Children's Emotion Expressivity based on the Emotion Expressivity Scale for Children

  5. Changes in self efficacy

    Time frame: Change from baseline to immediate posttest (at 6-weeks)

    Child self efficacy based on the Children's Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Handling School Situations

  6. Changes in self efficacy

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up)

    Child self efficacy based on the Children's Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Handling School Situations

  7. Changes in child social skills

    Time frame: Change from baseline to immediate posttest (at 6-weeks)

    Child social skills based on the Social Skills Improvement Rating System

  8. Changes in child social skills

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up)

    Child social skills based on the Social Skills Improvement Rating System

  9. Changes in somatic arousal

    Time frame: Change from baseline to immediate posttest (at 6-weeks)

    Child somatic arousal based on the Physiological Hyperarousal Scale for Children

  10. Changes in somatic arousal

    Time frame: Change from baseline to 12-month follow-up)

    Child somatic arousal based on the Physiological Hyperarousal Scale for Children

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Arizona State University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Feb 7, 2017
Registry last updated
Feb 7, 2017

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