1. Control group
Conditions
Interventions
1. Cognitive behavioural group therapy (appr. 8 participants per group): 12 1,5-hour sessions. Psycho-education, cognitive therapy, exposure, task concentration training
2. Bias Retraining: internet-based training consisting of 21 45-minute sessions using Interpretational bias retraining, attentional bias retraining and self-esteem conditioning tasks.
Sponsors
1. Accare, University Centre Child and Adolescent Psychiatry;
2. University of Groningen (RuG) department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology;
3. University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG).
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Scholars in first and second grade of high school (age 13-15); 2. VMBO-T, HAVO and VWO (Atheneum and Gymnasium) with elevated symptoms of social and test anxiety as measured with RCADS and ETAV.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. PDD; 2. Other mental disorders based on the ADIS interview C/P; 3. Severe social and/or test anxiety.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS, Chorpita et al., 2000); 2. Spielberger Test Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger et al., 1980); 3. the interference of mental disorders by the semi-structured Anxiety; 4. Disorder Interview Schedule (ADIS, Silverman and Albano, 1996). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Fear of negative evaluation (FNE, Watson & Friend, 1969; Leary, 1983); 2. Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES, Rosenberg, 1965); 3. Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY, Matson, Rotatori & Helsel, 1983); 4. Implicit Association Test (IAT, Greenwald et al., 1998). | — |
Contacts
Public ContactM.H. Nauta
Accare, University Centre Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hanzeplein 1 Postbus 660
Outcome results
None listed