Text Message Treatment for Social Anxiety

NCT03562650 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2017.22461
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 97
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is an intervention study designed to evaluate a text message based safety behavior fading treatment for people with social anxiety disorder.

Conditions

Social Anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN)

  Self-report scale that measures Social anxiety symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 68 with higher scores indicating higher levels of social anxiety symptoms.

  Change in social anxiety symptoms from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Subtle Avoidance Frequency Examination(SAFE)

  Change in safety behavior use from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

• Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R)

  Change in mindfulness from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)

Study Arms (2)

Safety Behavior Fading

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants are asked to pick their three most common safety behaviors from a list and then receive texts every other day for a month reminding them to fade those behaviors.

Behavioral: Safety Behavior Fading

Present Centered

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants receive texts every other day for a month asking them to try to focus on the present that day.

Behavioral: Present Centered

Interventions

Safety Behavior Fading BEHAVIORAL

Participants are asked to fade their three most common safety behaviors associated with their social anxiety

Safety Behavior Fading

Present Centered BEHAVIORAL

Participants are asked to try to increase their focus on the present.

Present Centered

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Social Phobia Inventory score \> 29

You may not qualify if:

• receiving therapy
• changes in the past 4 weeks with medication for emotional difficulties
• psychotic symptoms

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Florida State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Florida State University, Department of Psychology

Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Cougle JR, Mueller NE, McDermott KA, Wilver NL, Carlton CN, Okey SA. Text message safety behavior reduction for social anxiety: A randomized controlled trial. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2020 May;88(5):445-454. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000494. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

  PMID: 32105093 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: All participants are assigned to a condition and given a treatment justification, but are not told whether they are in the treatment or control condition.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: Active treatment and active treatment control conditions.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 5, 2018
• First Posted: June 19, 2018
• Study Start: January 27, 2018
• Primary Completion: March 27, 2019
• Study Completion: March 27, 2019
• Last Updated: January 29, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-01

Locations

US (1)