Dysfunctional Attention Processes in Fear of Blushing: Specificity and Changeability

NCT00751465 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: EK198082007DFG HO1900/5-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 82
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Blushing is associated with a heightened self-focused attention. In our study we are interested if this self-focused attention can be shown experimentally and if it can be changed by therapy and training. For the experimental part of the study, we want to compare blushing fearful individuals to social anxious participants who are not fearful of blushing and to healthy controls who report to blush either seldom or quite often. In the therapeutical part of our study, we compare an attention training to the standard cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder in an intensive group therapy approach.

Conditions

Phobia, Social

Keywords

Social Anxiety Disorder; Social Phobia; Fear of blushing; attention; attention training; cognitive behavior therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Brief Social Phobia Scale

  Brief Social Phobia Scale BSPS is an interview assessing fear and avoidance in seven social situations and severity of four bodily symptoms.

  pre, within, post, 6-months, and 12-months follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Social Phobia Composite

  pre, within, post, 6-months, and 12-months follow-up

• Changes in objective attention test data

  within, post, 6-months follow-up

Study Arms (3)

Task Concentration Training

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Task Concentration Training TCT following Bögels et al. (1997)

Behavioral: Task Concentration Training

Standard CBT

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

standard Cognitive Behavior Therapy, standard CBT following the model of Clark and Wells (1995).

Behavioral: Standard CBT

Wait list control

NO INTERVENTION

Wait list control group

Interventions

Task Concentration Training BEHAVIORAL

Task Concentration Training TCT following Bögels et al. (1997).

Task Concentration Training

Standard CBT BEHAVIORAL

Standard CBT following the Clark-and-Wells (1995) model of social anxiety disorder, relying on the German manual for SAD (stangier et al., 2006). Includes the model, role-plays with and without safetey behavior, video-feedback.

Standard CBT

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Social anxiety disorder (DSM-IV criteria) and fear of blushing as main complaint
• age: 18-70

You may not qualify if:

• acute severe depression or bipolar disorder
• any disorder of ICD group F2
• acute and severe substance misuse
• any bodily illness which hinders from study participation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Technische Universität Dresden: lead
• German Research Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

TU Dresden

Dresden, 01187, Germany

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Chaker S, Hofmann SG, Hoyer J. Can a one-weekend group therapy reduce fear of blushing? Results of an open trial. Anxiety Stress Coping. 2010 May;23(3):303-18. doi: 10.1080/10615800903075132.

  PMID: 19557558 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Phobia, Social

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Phobic Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Jürgen Hoyer, Prof. Dr.

  University of Technology Dresden

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dipl.-Psych.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 11, 2008
• First Posted: September 12, 2008
• Study Start: November 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: December 1, 2010
• Last Updated: September 11, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-09

Locations

DE (1)