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Children with social anxiety will be randomly assigned to either Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) designed to direct attention away from threat or a placebo control condition not designed to change attention patterns. Outcome measures will be depression and social anxiety symptoms as measured by gold standard questionnaires as well as diagnosis of social phobia disorder and symptom counts derived from structured clinical interviews with children and their parents.
We expect to see significant reduction in social anxiety symptoms in the Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) group relative to the placebo control group.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Attention Bias Modification (ABM) | Experimental | Attention training via repeated trials of a dot-probe task intended to direct attention away from threat stimuli. |
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| Placebo | Placebo Comparator | Attention training via repeated trials of a dot-probe task not intended to change threat-related attention patterns. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) | Behavioral | Behavioral: Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) Attention training using a computerized spatial attention task (dot-probe) modified to alter threat-related attention patterns. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV (ADIS) | The ADIS is a semi-structured interview assessing anxiety, mood and externalizing disorders in children according to DSM-IV criteria. | expected average time frame of 6 weeks. Participants will be assessed before and after the administriation of the training/control protocols. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) and for Parents (SPAI-c-p) | The SPAI is a 26-item self and parent-report instrument designed to assess social anxiety in children and adolescents. Items assess a range of potentially anxiety-producing situations. | expected average time frame of 6 weeks. Participants will be assessed before and after the administriation of the training/control protocols. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Yair Bar-Haim, PhD | Tel Aviv University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Tel-Aviv University | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 20887977 | Background | Hakamata Y, Lissek S, Bar-Haim Y, Britton JC, Fox NA, Leibenluft E, Ernst M, Pine DS. Attention bias modification treatment: a meta-analysis toward the establishment of novel treatment for anxiety. Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Dec 1;68(11):982-90. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.07.021. | |
| 27435286 | Derived | Pergamin-Hight L, Pine DS, Fox NA, Bar-Haim Y. Attention bias modification for youth with social anxiety disorder. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2016 Nov;57(11):1317-1325. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12599. Epub 2016 Jul 20. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000072861 | Phobia, Social |
| ID | Term |
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| D010698 | Phobic Disorders |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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| Attention Control Condition | Behavioral | Attention training using a computerized spatial attention task (dot-probe) not intended to alter threat-related attention patterns. |
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