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Brief title
Health condition
1. Control group;
2. Cognitive behavioural group therapy;
3. Computer-based BiasRetraining.
Sponsors and support
2. University of Groningen (RuG) department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology;<br>
3. University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG).
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
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 outcome
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).
Background summary
In this study the effectiveness of two easiliy accessible interventions is tested. Participants (2300) are recruited on high schools. They are screened on symptoms of social and test anxiety. Participants with elevated scores are interviewed (ADIS C/P). After the interview they are randomly assigned to one of three conditions (assignment takes place on school level). Participants are measured immediately before the intervention/control, immediately after intervention/control and there is a follow-up at 6, 12 and 24 months. At 24 months all 2300 participants will be screened again.
Study objective
1. Cognitive behavioural group therapy is more effective than no intervention in prevention of social anxiety and related psychological problems;
2. Computer-based BiasRetraining is more effective than no intervention in prevention of social anxiety and related psychological problems;
3. Cognitive behavioural group therapy and BiasRetraining are equally effective in preventing social anxiety and related psychological problems.
Study design
Assessments take place at pretest, posttest, and at 6, 12, and 24 months
follow-up.
The ADIS will only be included in the pretest, posttest and
12 months follow-up assessment, whereas the self report questionnaires
will be included in all assessments.
Intervention
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.
Postbus 660
M.H. Nauta
Groningen 9700 AR
The Netherlands
+31 50-3681211
m.nauta@accare.nl
Postbus 660
M.H. Nauta
Groningen 9700 AR
The Netherlands
+31 50-3681211
m.nauta@accare.nl
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
1. PDD;
2. Other mental disorders based on the ADIS interview C/P;
3. Severe social and/or test anxiety.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL940 |
| NTR-old | NTR965 |
| Other | : METC2006.005 |
| ISRCTN | incomplete |