The first objective is to assess the effect of age and anxiety disorder on use and effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies in circumscribed vs. complex daily life situations. The second objective is to assess the effect of treatment of…
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Brief title
Condition
- Anxiety disorders and symptoms
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Research involving
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Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Our main time-dependent outcome relates to self-reported negative and positive
affect and continuous HRV registration. In this way on the basis of the ESM
measurements the degree of subjective and physiological responding to negative
daily life situations can be determined.
Secondary outcome
Our main time-dependent independent variable is the self-reported occurrence of
circumscribed and complex high demand life situations and our main
time-dependent mediating variable is use of cognitive emotion regulation
strategies.
Background summary
This study tries to disentangle the effect of age and anxiety disorder on use
and effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies in daily life. Experimental
lab studies indicate that in comparison to younger adults, older adults react
less to negative stimuli and ignore irrelevant negative stimuli better. We
hypothesize that when the resource demands of a situation overtax individual
cognitive capacities, age-related vulnerabilities will become apparent
resulting in enhanced psychological and physiological responding to more
negative and complex situations in daily life. As enhanced responding to
negative events due to diminished cognitive control is also a defining
characteristic of anxiety, it is pertinent to distinguish between age-related
and anxiety-related deficits in the control of emotions.
Study objective
The first objective is to assess the effect of age and anxiety disorder on use
and effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies in circumscribed vs. complex
daily life situations. The second objective is to assess the effect of
treatment of anxiety disorder on use and effectiveness of emotion regulation
strategies in circumscribed vs. complex daily life situations in younger and
older adults.
Study design
We will use experiencing sampling methods (ESM) to systematically obtain
self-report and physiological data to study the temporal relations between
naturally occurring variables (i.e., negative situations, emotion regulation,
affect and heart rate variability (HRV)). Assessments will take place during
two weeks (and for RCT participants two weeks before and two weeks after an
online course of anxiety or waiting list period).
Participants will be asked to complete ESM assessments using electronic diary
techniques at five random moments each day over a period of two weeks with the
use of a specially developed smartphone. An Android smartphone with chest belt
and MovisensXS sampling software will be used for continuous HRV assessments.
Study burden and risks
There are no anticipated risks for taking part in this study. Given the burden
of the baseline assessment and instruction session and completing about 60 ESM
measurements and wearing a chest strap during two periods of two weeks (+/- 5
minutes each) participants will receive 140 Euro as a financial compensation
for completing ESM measurements for each period of two whole weeks.
Wassenaarseweg 52
Leiden 2333 AK
NL
Wassenaarseweg 52
Leiden 2333 AK
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
(a) presence of anxiety disorder
(b) age between 18 and 75 years
Exclusion criteria
(a) severe anxiety or depression symptomatology
(b) severe role impairments on various life domains
(c) other severe psychiatric disorder
Design
Recruitment
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL50528.058.14 |