Effectiveness of cognitive - behavioral group therapy and exposure therapy on interpretation bias and fear of negative evaluation in social anxiety disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT138806042372N1

Enrollment

Registered

2010-04-17

Start date

2007-12-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Social anxiety disorder +Interpretation bias + Fear of negative evaluation. Social phobias

Interventions

Intervention 1: Accomplishment of 12 sessions of standard cognitive- behavioral therapy. Intervention 2: Accomplishment of 12 sessions of standard exposure therapy alone.

Accomplishment of 12 sessions of standard cognitive- behavioral therapy.

Accomplishment of 12 sessions of standard exposure therapy alone.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: 1- Diagnosis of social anxiety disorder 2- Age group: 18-40 Exclusion criteria: 1-Substance abuse 2- Depression score in BDI-2 above 30 3- Major Personality disorder 4- Diagnosis of a psychotic disorder

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Decreas of interpretation bias and Decreas of Fear of negative evaluation in social anxiety disorder. Timepoint: 1 week before intervention and 3 month after begining of intervention. Method of measurement: Using Questionnaire of Interpretation Bias and Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNE-S).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
None. Timepoint: none. Method of measurement: none.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Hossein Dadashzadeh

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

dadashzadeh@tbzmed.ac.irh_dadashzad@yahoo.com+98 41 1380 4486

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026