Social Anxiety Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
attention-bias modification, statistical learning, social anxiety disorder, treatment outcome
Brief summary
This study examines whether the ability to extract statistical properties from the environment among treatment-seeking patients with social anxiety disorder can predict therapeutic response to attention bias modification (ABM), namely, reduction in symptoms of social anxiety following ABM therapy.
Detailed description
All participants received 6 sessions of ABM therapy away from threat. At baseline participants also completed a gold standard statistical learning task aimed to assess participants' capacity for the extraction of statistical regularity from the environment. The aim of the study is to determine whether the basic ability to extract rules from the environment at baseline could predict clinical improvement of social anxiety symptoms.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALABM
Participants are trained with a dot-probe task including angry-neutral faces. In 80% of trials the probe appears in place of the neutral face, and in 20% of trials in place of the angry face.
Sponsors
Tel Aviv University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* a signed consent form * a primary diagnosis of social anxiety disorder * an age of 18-65
Exclusion criteria
* any history or present diagnosis of psychosis * high risk for harm to self or others * concurrent posttraumatic stress disorder, eating disorder, or bipolar disorder * a diagnosis of a neurological disorder (i.e., epilepsy, brain injury) * drug or alcohol misuse * a pharmacological treatment that is not stabilized in the past 3 months * any concurrent psychotherapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) - Diagnostic Interview scores | 1-2 weeks after treatment completion | The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale is a clinician-rated inventory consisting of 24 items describing socially relevant situations. Each situation is rated in relation to the past week on two sub-scales ranging 0-3: level of fear and level of avoidance experienced in response to these situations. Item scores are summed to a total score ranging 0-144 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Social Phobia Inventory scores | 1-2 weeks after treatment completion | The Social Phobia Inventory is a self-reported questionnaire comprised of 17 items on a 5-point scale depicting social worries and problems. Participants rate to what extent these situations have bothered them in the past week. Item scores are summed to a total score ranging 0-68. |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed