Principal social anxiety disorder (SAD)
Conditions
Interventions
Youths receive three 45-minute EMDR FF sessions over the course of two weeks. The EMDR FF intervention is conducted using the Flashforward procedure or technique in the Dutch EMDR protocol, tailored t
Sponsors
University of Groningen
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants are children between 8 and 17 years old with principal SAD who have been referred to mental health services and who currently do not receive active treatment for social anxiety (e.g., are on the regular waiting list for treatment).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Youths are excluded from participation in case of current suicidality, psychosis, domestic violence, or comorbid PTSD or partial PTSD after exposure to traumatic event(s). Other comorbid disorders such as other anxiety disorders, depression, ASD and AD(H)D are not exclusion criteria, nor are previous treatments.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Social anxiety and avoidance related to youths’ most feared social situations (top 3) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome variables: vividness, distress and appraisal of youths’ FF imagery (i.e., imagery of feared future catastrophe related to their top 3 most feared social situations); Social anxiety and avoidance in general (youth and parent) Baseline descriptives: depressive symptoms (youth and parent), imagery ability and self-esteem; other characteristics of FF imagery related to youths’ top 3 most feared social situations (i.e., perspective, occurrence, relatedness to memories, vividness and distress of related memories); other relevant imagery related to social anxiety Feasibility measures: adherence (therapist); treatment expectations (youth and parent); satisfaction with treatment, interview and associated measures (youth and parent); feedback (youth, parent, and therapist) Process measures (within session): social anxiety and avoidance related to youths’ most feared social situations (top 3); vividness, distress and appraisal of youths’ FF imagery (i.e., imagery of feared future catastrophe related to their top 3 most feared social situations); session content (i.e., targeted FF and related negative and positive cognition, and subjective units of distress and validity of the positive cognition at the start and end of the session) | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMarjolein Thunnissen
University of Groningen
Outcome results
None listed