Effectiveness of childhood social anxiety interventions

Effective components of social anxiety interventions for children with emerging social anxiety symptoms

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN76653370

Enrollment

156

Registered

2020-01-20

Start date

2017-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-04-17

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Conditions

Emerging social anxiety Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Schools are randomized into a condition (i.e., exposure condition, cognitive restructuring condition, or combination condition) and children from grades four to six that report experiencing more socia

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Eight- to twelve-year-old children with emerging social anxiety symptoms as measured using the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. No signs of social anxiety 2. Participation in another social anxiety intervention 3. Insufficient mastery of Dutch language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Approximately five weeks before the start of the intervention, one week before the start of the intervention, one week after the intervention has ended and three months after the intervention has ended. 1. Social anxiety symptoms measured using the self-reported Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents 2. Distress measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study 3. Avoidant and approach behavior measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study 4. Automatic thoughts measured using the Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale – Positive/Negative	—

Measure

Time frame

Approximately five weeks before the start of the intervention, one week before the start of the intervention, one week after the intervention has ended and three months after the intervention has ended. 1. Social anxiety symptoms measured using the self-reported Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents 2. Distress measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study 3. Avoidant and approach behavior measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study 4. Automatic thoughts measured using the Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale – Positive/Negative

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Approximately five weeks before the start of the intervention, one week before the start of the intervention, one week after the intervention has ended and three months after the intervention has ended. 1. Internalizing behavior measured using the subscale Internalizing behavior from the self-report version of the Social Skills Improvement System – Rating Scales 2. Social skills measured using multiple subscales from the self-report version of the Social Skills Improvement System – Rating Scales 3. Self-efficacy measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study 4. Self-perceived competence measured using the Dutch translation of the Self-perception Scale for Children	—

Measure

Time frame

Approximately five weeks before the start of the intervention, one week before the start of the intervention, one week after the intervention has ended and three months after the intervention has ended. 1. Internalizing behavior measured using the subscale Internalizing behavior from the self-report version of the Social Skills Improvement System – Rating Scales 2. Social skills measured using multiple subscales from the self-report version of the Social Skills Improvement System – Rating Scales 3. Self-efficacy measured using a self-report measure developed for the purpose of this study 4. Self-perceived competence measured using the Dutch translation of the Self-perception Scale for Children

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

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