None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a group treatment that targeted both anxious and aggressive behaviours in children with both these problems. We predicted that this group programme would lead to a greater reduction in anxiety and aggressive problems than a programme that targeted anxiety alone.
Interventions
The intervention condition was a group programme that incorporated cognitive behavioural treatments for both anxiety disorders and anger/aggression. This treatment comprised of 9 hour-long sessions extending over 11 weeks with separate child and parent groups. Specific treatment strategies included psychoeducation about anxiety and anger, cognitive restructuring, graded exposure for anxiety-based avoidance, anger self-management (such as self-talk), goal-setting and behaviour management.
Sponsors
Dr Caroline Hunt
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
8 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Children met diagnostic criteria for a childhood anxiety disorder and clinically significant symptoms of anger/aggression.
Exclusion criteria
Children were currently receiving other psychological treatment, were developmentally delayed or had an autistic spectrum disorder, who had problems requiring urgent treatment ahead of anxiety or aggression, or were from families unable or unwilling to consistenly attend sessions.
Outcome results
None listed