School Based Prevention for Childhood Anxiety

Arizona State University (ASU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Self-Study; Behavioral: REACH for Success

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03044678

MH086687

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was designed to conceptualize a school-based prevention program or childhood anxiety.

Full description

This is a project corresponding to a career development grant. The main goal of the proposed research was to identify potential barriers to implementing a school-based anxiety preventive intervention, identify strategies to overcome these barriers, and use this information to test a school-based indicated intervention for child anxiety.

Enrollment: 109 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion:

Borderline child anxiety levels based on the Spence Child Anxiety Scale

Exclusion:

Externalizing problems (based on teacher nominations) more severe than Spence Child Anxiety Scale borderline levels

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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109 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental: REACH for Success

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental: Exposure-based, cognitive and behavioral, social skills training intervention 6-weeks - 6 session -20-30 min each

Treatment:

Behavioral: REACH for Success

Active Comparator: Self-study

Active Comparator group

Description:

Active Comparator: Books "What to do when you are scared and worried?How to do homework without throwing-up? How to get organized without losing it?" Reading at home

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-Study