Preventing Anxiety Disorders in Urban Youth

NCT00073619 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: R21MH063143DSIR CT-P
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral group therapy program in preventing anxiety disorders in at-risk children exposed to community violence.

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Keywords

Violence; School based; Urban Youth; Prevention; Community

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale

  Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS; Reynolds \& Richmond, 1997), a self-report measure of the level and nature of anxiety in children and adolescents. It is a 37-item questionnaire in which students agree or disagree to statements pertaining to how some people think or feel about themselves, assessing different ways anxiety is manifested. A higher score indicates more anxiety and distress. The RCMAS has good internal consistency (alpha = 0.83) and test-retest reliability (r = 0.68). In the FRIENDS study, Total RCMAS reliability was alpha = 0.83 at baseline and alpha = 0.84 at post-assessment.

  Past month

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Screener

  Past year

• Multicultural Events Schedule for Adolescents

  Past year

• Children's Report of Exposure to Violence

  Past year and Lifetime

Study Arms (2)

Cognitive-behavioral group therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

School-based anxiety preventive intervention (cognitive-behavioral group therapy) originally designed for Australian children that was culturally and contextually modified for inner-city children exposed to community violence. Participants received the weekly intervention and rewards for participating in the assessments.

Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral group therapy

Non-intervention Comparison

NO INTERVENTION

Provide no active intervention to the comparison group, although assess the children at the same assessment points as the experimental group. Participants in the control arm were told they were FRIENDS Program participants.They received rewards for participating in the assessments.

Interventions

Cognitive-behavioral group therapy BEHAVIORAL

School-based anxiety preventive intervention (cognitive-behavioral group therapy) originally designed for Australian children that was culturally and contextually modified for inner-city children exposed to community violence. Participants received the weekly intervention and rewards for participating in the assessments.

Cognitive-behavioral group therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Mild exposure to community violence
• Mild to moderate anxiety symptoms or disorders
• Attending public elementary school in an urban area
• In 3rd to 5th grades

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV disruptive behavior disorder
• Too many or too few anxiety symptoms

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: lead
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Lambert SF, Cooley MR, Campbell KD, Benoit MZ, Stansbury R. Assessing anxiety sensitivity in inner-city African American children: psychometric properties of the childhood anxiety sensitivity index. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2004 Jun;33(2):248-59. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3302_5.

  PMID: 15136188 BACKGROUND

• Cooley MR, Boyce CA. An introduction to assessing anxiety in child and adolescent multiethnic populations: challenges and opportunities for enhancing knowledge and practice. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2004 Jun;33(2):210-5. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3302_1.

  PMID: 15136184 BACKGROUND

• Cooley, M., Boyd, R.C., & Grados, J.J. (2004). Feasibility of an anxiety preventive intervention for community violence exposed children. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 25(1), 105-123.

  RESULT

• Cooley-Strickland MR, Griffin RS, Darney D, Otte K, Ko J. Urban African American youth exposed to community violence: a school-based anxiety preventive intervention efficacy study. J Prev Interv Community. 2011;39(2):149-66. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2011.556573.

  PMID: 21480032 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Michele R Cooley, Ph.D.

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 2, 2003
• First Posted: December 3, 2003
• Study Start: December 1, 2001
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2007
• Study Completion: July 1, 2011
• Last Updated: June 23, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)