Preventing Anxiety Disorders in Urban Youth

NCT ID: NCT00073619

Last Updated: 2016-06-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-12-31

Study Completion Date

2011-07-31

Brief Summary

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This study will determine the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral group therapy program in preventing anxiety disorders in at-risk children exposed to community violence.

Detailed Description

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Community violence is a major public health problem in low-income, urban communities. The mental health impact of living in a violent community is significant, particularly for children. Community violence exposure is associated with various symptoms of anxiety. Unfortunately, little research on the prevention of community-related anxiety in youth has been conducted. This study involves a school-based prevention and cognitive behavioral therapy program that will involve predominantly African American children who live in urban areas and are at risk for developing anxiety disorders.

Children in this study will be randomly assigned to either an anxiety prevention and early intervention group or a nonintervention group for approximately 3 months. Child, parent, and teacher assessments of anxiety symptoms will be made at the end of the study and at a 6-month follow-up visit.

Conditions

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Anxiety Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Cognitive-behavioral group therapy

School-based anxiety preventive intervention (cognitive-behavioral group therapy) originally designed for Australian children that was culturally and contextually modified for inner-city children exposed to community violence. Participants received the weekly intervention and rewards for participating in the assessments.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive-behavioral group therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

School-based anxiety preventive intervention (cognitive-behavioral group therapy) originally designed for Australian children that was culturally and contextually modified for inner-city children exposed to community violence. Participants received the weekly intervention and rewards for participating in the assessments.

Non-intervention Comparison

Provide no active intervention to the comparison group, although assess the children at the same assessment points as the experimental group. Participants in the control arm were told they were FRIENDS Program participants.They received rewards for participating in the assessments.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Cognitive-behavioral group therapy

School-based anxiety preventive intervention (cognitive-behavioral group therapy) originally designed for Australian children that was culturally and contextually modified for inner-city children exposed to community violence. Participants received the weekly intervention and rewards for participating in the assessments.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Mild exposure to community violence
* Mild to moderate anxiety symptoms or disorders
* Attending public elementary school in an urban area
* In 3rd to 5th grades

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV disruptive behavior disorder
* Too many or too few anxiety symptoms
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Michele R Cooley, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Locations

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Lambert SF, Cooley MR, Campbell KD, Benoit MZ, Stansbury R. Assessing anxiety sensitivity in inner-city African American children: psychometric properties of the childhood anxiety sensitivity index. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2004 Jun;33(2):248-59. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3302_5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15136188 (View on PubMed)

Cooley MR, Boyce CA. An introduction to assessing anxiety in child and adolescent multiethnic populations: challenges and opportunities for enhancing knowledge and practice. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2004 Jun;33(2):210-5. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3302_1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15136184 (View on PubMed)

Cooley, M., Boyd, R.C., & Grados, J.J. (2004). Feasibility of an anxiety preventive intervention for community violence exposed children. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 25(1), 105-123.

Reference Type RESULT

Cooley-Strickland MR, Griffin RS, Darney D, Otte K, Ko J. Urban African American youth exposed to community violence: a school-based anxiety preventive intervention efficacy study. J Prev Interv Community. 2011;39(2):149-66. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2011.556573.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21480032 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R21MH063143

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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DSIR CT-P

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

R21MH063143

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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