DSM-5: 300.23 Social Anxiety Disorder DSM-5: 300.29 Specific Phobia DSM-5: 309.21 Seperation Anxiety Disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Intensified exposure based therapy for children with anxiety disorders with parental participation (session 1-4 and 9-11 à 50 min., session 5-8 à 100 min. over a timespan of 7 weeks (2 sessio
1 session a week/week 5-7)
Group 2: Intensified exposure based therapy for children with anxiety disorders without parental participation (session 1-4 and 9-11 à 50 min., session 5-8 à 100 min. over a
1 session a week/week 5-7)
Sponsors
Fakultät für Psychologie, Arbeitseinheit für Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie, Ruhr-Universitätbochum
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
8 Years to 16 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between 8 and 16 years 2. Fullfillment of DSM-V-criteria for separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder or specific phobia as a primary diagnosis (secondary comorbid disorders allowed) 3. Kinder-DIPS degree of severity >=4 4. Knowledge of the german language 5. Availability of at least one parent, informed consent of both parents of the child
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Primary mental disorder other than separation anxiety, social anxiety disorder or specific phobia. 2. unstable psychotropic medication or simultanious psychotherapy 3. Acute suicidality 4. General medical contraindication
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Multi-informant approach (children, parents, clinican) Kinder-DIPS: Diagnosis and rating of degree of severity. Assessement is conducted pre therapy, post therapy (online diagnosis which were fulfilled pre therapy), 6-months follow-up CGI (Clinical Global Impression Scale): Global clinical impression/ severity of symptoms BEE/BEL (Sheehan Disability Scale): Impairment/ Disability AASC-C (Anxiety and Avoidance Scale for Childhood Anxiety Situations): Anxiety and Avoidance in specific situations Assessement is conducted pre therapy, throughout therapy (each session), post therapy and 6-months follow-up. LSAS-CA-SR (Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents (LSAS-CA)- Self-report SAAI - C/P (Seperation Anxiety and Avoidance Inventory): Seperation Anxiety Disorder Assessement is conducted pre therapy, throughout therapy (at three points), post therapy and 6-months follow-up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Multi-informant approach (parents and children) Assessment points: Pre therapy (BL), post therapy post), 6-monthfollow-up (fu), throughout therapy (i), each session (es) diagnosis-specific symptoms: SCAS (Spence`s Children`s Anxiety Scale) : anxiety (BL, post und fu) overaching symptoms: SDQ (Strenghts and Diffilcuties Questionnaire): (BL, post und fu) SMFQ (Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire) : (BL, post und fu) Impairment and quality of life: ILK (Inventar zur Erfassung der Lebenqualität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen): quality of life (BL, post und fu) WIRK-ALL (Selbstwirksamkeit): self efficacy (BL, i, post und fu) Parenting style: OP (Overprotection): (parents only) (BL, post und fu) PPS-Q: granted autonomy (children only) (BL, post und fu) Parental psychopathology/cognitions (parents only): BDI-II (Beck's Depression Inventory): depression (BL, post und fu) DSM AG (DSM Agoraphobia): DSM-5 Scale Agoraphobia (BL, post und fu) DSM GAS (DSM Generalized Anxiety Disorder): DSM-5 Scale Generalized Anxiety Disorder (BL, post und fu) DSM PS (DSM Panic Disorder) : DSM-5 Scale Panic Disorder (BL, post und fu) DSM SAD (DSM Social Anxiety Disorder): DSM-5 Scale Social Anxiety Disorder (BL, post und fu) DSM SP (DSM Specific Phobia): DSM-5 Scale Specific Phobia (BL, post und fu) DSM SepAD (DSM Seperation Anxiety Disorder): DSM-5 Scale Seperation Anxiety Disorder (BL, post und fu) PBA-Q (Parental Beliefs about Anxiety Questionnaire) Parental anxiety cognitions (BL, i, post und fu) SCL-K-9 (Kurzform der Symptomcheckliste SCL-90-R): parental psychopathology (BL, post und fu) PFB-K (Partnerschaftsfragebogen Kurzform): parental satisfaction with their partnership (BL, post und fu) Process variables: Exposition protocol (children only): standardized exposition protocol during the sessions (es, post und fu) Exposition protocol (children only): standardized exposition protocol between the sessions (es, post und fu) INEP (Inventar | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactVerena Pflug
Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie am Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Outcome results
None listed