Attention and Social Behavior in Children (BRAINS)

The Pennsylvania State University (PENNSTATE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Attention Bias Modification; Behavioral: Dot-probe task

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02401282

5R01MH094633-04 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examines the way attention may be linked to temperamental risk for anxiety, social behavior and brain processes. The study aims to see if temperamentally at risk youth display an attention bias towards threat, and if anxiety symptoms can be reduced through attentional bias modification training.

Enrollment: 251 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 9-12 year olds who do not meet exclusionary criteria (split into groups based on high and low temperamental shyness)

Exclusion criteria

• presence or permanent metal orthodontics or implanted metal devices
• severe psychiatric diagnosis
• IQ under 70 as assessed by the WISC

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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251 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

ABM

Experimental group

Description:

Attention bias modification

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention Bias Modification

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Dot-probe task

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dot-probe task