Attention, Teleconferencing and Social Anxiety

NCT04729803 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: STUDY00000106
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 53
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study involves completing some online assessments and an intervention for social anxiety that all involve interactions with other people on a teleconferencing call.

Conditions

Social Anxiety Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Personal Report of Communication Apprehension Questionnaire

  Assessment of communication concerns, range of scores is 24-120; higher scores are worse

  prior to the first treatment session, an average of 2 days

• Personal Report of Communication Apprehension Questionnaire

  Assessment of communication concerns, range of scores is 24-120; higher scores are worse

  1-week follow-up

• Personal Report of Communication Apprehension Questionnaire

  Assessment of communication concerns, range of scores is 24-120; higher scores are worse

  2-week follow-up

• Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale Questionnaire

  Assessment of general social anxiety, range of scores is 0-144; higher scores are worse

  prior to the first treatment session, an average of 2 days

• Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale Questionnaire

  Assessment of general social anxiety, range of scores is 0-144; higher scores are worse

  1-week follow-up

• Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale Questionnaire

  Assessment of general social anxiety, range of scores is 0-144; higher scores are worse

  2-week follow-up

Study Arms (3)

Attention Guidance + Exposure

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials with an attention guidance component.

Behavioral: Experimental: Attention Guidance + Exposure

Exposure Alone

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials.

Behavioral: Active Comparator: Exposure Alone

Attention Control + Exposure

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials with an attention control component.

Behavioral: Experimental: Attention Control + Exposure

Interventions

Experimental: Attention Guidance + Exposure BEHAVIORAL

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording. 2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes. 3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break. 4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial. The experimental attention guidance condition: (1) the intervention rationale will include information about the importance of visually attending to the faces of the audience; (2) participants will be given target audience members to focus their gaze on during the their impromptu response. They will be told that they should look at and focus on the target audience member for the whole response.

Attention Guidance + Exposure

Active Comparator: Exposure Alone BEHAVIORAL

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording. 2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes. 3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break. 4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial.

Exposure Alone

Experimental: Attention Control + Exposure BEHAVIORAL

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording. F 2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes. During each call participants will be prompted by one of the audience members. 3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break. 4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial. The experimental attention control condition: (1) the intervention rationale will include information about the importance of attention control; (2) participants will be given target at the center of the screen to focus their gaze on during the their impromptu response. They will be told that they should look at and focus on the target for the whole response.

Attention Control + Exposure

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 18-75
• Fluent in English because the data collection materials have not yet been standardized in other languages
• Having access to a computer with a webcam and ability to record audio
• Personal Report of Communication Apprehension \> 80
• Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale \> 30
• Meets DSM-5 Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder

You may not qualify if:

• Significant visual impairment precluding the use of the eye tracking equipment
• Current, or history of bipolar disorder; current, or history of psychosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Texas at Austin: lead

Study Sites (1)

Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders, University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas, 78712, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Phobia, Social

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Phobic Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Mental Disorders

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Mikael Rubin
• Organization: palo alto university

mrubin@paloaltou.edu

650-433-3805

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 7, 2020
• First Posted: January 29, 2021
• Study Start: January 18, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2022
• Study Completion: June 30, 2022
• Last Updated: January 8, 2024
• Results First Posted: January 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: SAP, ANALYTIC CODE

Locations

US (1)