The Effect of Emotional Working Memory on Improving Symptoms of Social Anxiety Disorder in Students

The Effectiveness of Emotional Working Memory Training on Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies, Attentional Bias and Cognitive Flexibility of Students with Symptoms of Social Anxiety Disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20250301064887N2

Enrollment

Registered

2026-01-22

Start date

2026-02-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-02-02

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Conditions

Social Anxiety Disorder. Social phobia, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Participants in the intervention group will receive 20 sessions of 30- to 45-minute emotional working memory training. The present study will be conducted with the

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 18 to 40 years A score higher than 60 on the Liebowitz social anxiety scale (LSAS) A score higher than 34 on the social interaction anxiety scale Informed consent and voluntary participation in treatment sessions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Substance and drug use Receiving other therapeutic interventions while conducting the present study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Cognitive emotion regulation strategies score. Timepoint: Measuring cognitive emotion regulation strategies before the intervention and 30 days after the start of emotional working memory training. Method of measurement: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies- Short Form.;Attentional bias in the Emotional Stroop Test. Timepoint: Measuring attentional bias before the intervention and 30 days after the start of emotional working memory training. Method of measurement: Emotional Stroop Test.;Cognitive flexibility score in the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task. Timepoint: Measuring cognitive flexibility before the intervention and 30 days after the start of emotional working memory training. Method of measurement: Wisconsin Card Sorting Task.	—

Measure

Time frame

Cognitive emotion regulation strategies score. Timepoint: Measuring cognitive emotion regulation strategies before the intervention and 30 days after the start of emotional working memory training. Method of measurement: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies- Short Form.;Attentional bias in the Emotional Stroop Test. Timepoint: Measuring attentional bias before the intervention and 30 days after the start of emotional working memory training. Method of measurement: Emotional Stroop Test.;Cognitive flexibility score in the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task. Timepoint: Measuring cognitive flexibility before the intervention and 30 days after the start of emotional working memory training. Method of measurement: Wisconsin Card Sorting Task.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactRizan Mohammadi Samani

The University of Kurdistan

rizan.mohammadi@uok.ac.ir+98 87 3366 2496

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026