Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
Anxiety, Therapy, Behaviour
Brief summary
Objective: 1. To evaluate the efficacy of a school-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program in reducing anxiety disorder symptoms in at-risk public school children. 2. To determine whether parent education and involvement improves outcome in anxious children treated with CBT. 3. To determine the ability of school personnel in a) recognizing classroom behaviors as anxiety disordered after targeting training of observable child behaviors e.g., avoidance, over-worry, etc.), and b) delivering a cognitive behavior intervention and 4. To evaluate a new measure of teacher-rated anxiety disorder symptoms in children. Hypothesis: 1. A CBT oriented intervention as delivered by school personnel will be superior to an attention control procedure in reducing anxiety symptoms in at-risk children. 2. Children who have parental involvement will post stronger and more enduring treatment gains.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCognitive Behaviour Treatment
Sponsors
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
University of British Columbia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 13 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Children enrolled in school between the ages of 7 and 13 who display anxiety symptoms. 1. Anxiety disorder symptoms (identified by a score of 56 or higher on the MASC; and teacher report, and /or parent recommendation) as the primary presenting problem. An enrolled child must have at least 2 of these criterions. 2. Fluency in English. 3. Parent willingness to sign consent form and to complete required assessments. 4. Student willingness to participate (child assent) in 10-week affective education program and completion of required assessments.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety symptoms | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed