Anxiety, Prevention, Children, Neurofeedback, Attentional Bias.
Conditions
Interventions
Children will be randomly assigned in either the experimental or the control condition. Both conditions start with a pre-test where anxiety is measured via questionnaires and attentional bias via the
Sponsors
Radboud University Nijmegen
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Primary school children in grades 5 till 8 (8-12 years old) will be screened using the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale. Passive consent from parents is required for participating in the screening. All children scoring > 1 SD above the mean on at least two subscales (except for the OCD subscale) or on total score of the SCAS will be contacted to join the training. Active consent from the parents is required to participate in the training.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Parents declining participation of their child in either the first (passive) or second (active) consent opportunity or children scoring < 1 SD above the mean on subscales (except for the OCD subscale) or on total score of the SCAS.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Child scores on the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS-C) - Parent scores on the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS-P) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Attentional bias (reaction times on dot-probe and visual search task) - Coping questionnaire for the child (CQ C) - Self-efficacy questionnaire for the child (SEQ-C) - Strengths and difficulties questionnaire for the child (SDQ) - Strength and difficulties questionnaire according to parent (SDQP) - Anxiety, depression and stress scale for parents (DASS-21) | — |
Contacts
Public ContactE.A. Schoneveld
PO Box 9104
Outcome results
None listed