Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Children With Social Anxiety

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01397032

Enrollment

Registered

2011-07-19

Start date

2011-04-30

Completion date

2014-08-31

Last updated

2015-05-27

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Conditions

Social Phobia

Keywords

attention bias modification treatment, cognitive bias modification, attention training, social anxiety

Brief summary

Children with social anxiety will be randomly assigned to either Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) designed to direct attention away from threat or a placebo control condition not designed to change attention patterns. Outcome measures will be depression and social anxiety symptoms as measured by gold standard questionnaires as well as diagnosis of social phobia disorder and symptom counts derived from structured clinical interviews with children and their parents. We expect to see significant reduction in social anxiety symptoms in the Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) group relative to the placebo control group.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALAttention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT)

Behavioral: Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) Attention training using a computerized spatial attention task (dot-probe) modified to alter threat-related attention patterns.

BEHAVIORALAttention Control Condition

Attention training using a computerized spatial attention task (dot-probe) not intended to alter threat-related attention patterns.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

7 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* children suffering from social anxiety

Exclusion criteria

* Pharmacological or Psychological treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV (ADIS)	expected average time frame of 6 weeks. Participants will be assessed before and after the administriation of the training/control protocols.	The ADIS is a semi-structured interview assessing anxiety, mood and externalizing disorders in children according to DSM-IV criteria.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) and for Parents (SPAI-c-p)	expected average time frame of 6 weeks. Participants will be assessed before and after the administriation of the training/control protocols.	The SPAI is a 26-item self and parent-report instrument designed to assess social anxiety in children and adolescents. Items assess a range of potentially anxiety-producing situations.

Countries

Israel

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 12, 2026