Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
beliefs, mindsets, exposure therapy, neuroscience education, psycho-education, neuro-education
Brief summary
The success of psychological therapy can be impacted by patients' beliefs, such as their belief in their own ability to complete therapy and their belief that therapy will work. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether and when scientific information about distress and coping can affect beliefs about psychological therapy in adults who experience anxiety. This study will compare two different types of scientific information in a one-hour study. Participants will view educational videos for 30 minutes and complete surveys, including quiz questions about the videos and surveys about their beliefs about psychological therapy.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALneuro-education
30 minutes of videos about the neuroscience of stress, fear, emotion-regulation, and therapy.
BEHAVIORALpsycho-education
30 minutes of videos about the psychological science of stress, fear, emotion-regulation, and therapy.
Sponsors
University of California, Irvine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Probable anxiety disorder based on the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) score * Fluent in English * Willingness and ability to comply with the protocol * Age 18-80 * The ability to enroll in the study through Prolific.com
Exclusion criteria
* Having previously seen the study's videos
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment Self-Efficacy | Immediately before and immediately after watching the videos | Measured through self-report on selected items from a version of the validated Bergen Genetic Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale that was previously adapted for treatment self-efficacy in anxiety disorders. The items are rated on a scale of 1-10, with higher numbers indicating greater self-efficacy. |
| Treatment Expectancy | Immediately before and immediately after watching the videos | Measured through self-report on a subscale of the validated Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire, assessing participants' expectation of treatment efficacy. Each item is rated on a scale of 1-9 or 0%-100%, with higher numbers indicating more optimistic expectancy. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment Acceptability | Immediately after watching the videos | Participants will rate on a scale of 1-7 how useful, interesting, credible, and easy-to-understand they found the information in the videos. Greater numbers indicate greater acceptability. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORGolnaz Tabibnia, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Outcome results
None listed