Self-Compassion Enhanced CBT vs. Standard CBT for Social Anxiety (SCE-CBT)

NCT ID: NCT02646865

Last Updated: 2018-07-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2018-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the addition of a self-compassion training in the treatment of social anxiety disorder. Half of the participants will receive a self-compassion enhanced group cognitive-behavioral therapy, while the other half will receive standard group cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Detailed Description

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There is growing evidence showing that shame is associated with social anxiety. Also, empirical data shows that individuals with social anxiety have higher levels of shame compared with healthy individuals and that shame might play an important role in the maintenance of social anxiety symptoms. Although cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety seems to reduce the level of shame-proneness, the magnitude of this reduction is a small one.

The purpose of this study is to test whether adding a self-compassion component (which seems to be effective in reducing shame feelings) to a cognitive-behavioral protocol would increase the efficacy of the treatment in reducing both shame-proneness and social anxiety symptoms compared with a standard cognitive-behavioral intervention.

Conditions

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Social Anxiety Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Self-Compassion Enhanced Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for social anxiety enhanced with exercises targeting self-compassion

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Self-Compassion Enhanced Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

12 group sessions of CBT for social anxiety based on Heimberg \& Becker's (2002) protocol with additional self-compassion exercises integrated into the treatment

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Standard Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for social anxiety

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

12 group sessions of CBT for social anxiety based on Heimberg \& Becker's (2002) protocol

Interventions

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Self-Compassion Enhanced Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

12 group sessions of CBT for social anxiety based on Heimberg \& Becker's (2002) protocol with additional self-compassion exercises integrated into the treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

12 group sessions of CBT for social anxiety based on Heimberg \& Becker's (2002) protocol

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* subjects diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorders using the DSM-5 criteria
* subjects that have SAD as the primary diagnosis according to DSM-5 criteria
* exceed the cutoff scores on SPIN, SIAS, and LSAS-SR

Exclusion Criteria

* subjects that score over 29 points at BDI-II
* display suicidal ideation (i.e., exceed a score of 2 on the suicide item of BDI-II)
* undergo other forms of treatment for SAD
* have a diagnosis of psychosis, bipolar disorder or personality disorders according to DSM-5 criteria
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Babes-Bolyai University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Diana-Mirela Candea

PhD Candidate

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Babes-Bolyai University

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania

Site Status

Countries

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Romania

References

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Gilbert, P, Miles, JNV.Sensitivity to social put-down: Its relationship to perceptions of social rank, shame, social anxiety, depression, anger and self-other blame. Personality and Individual Differences, 29: 757-774, 2000.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Gilbert, P.The relationship of shame, social anxiety and depression: The role of the evaluation of social rank. Clin Psychol Psychother, 7: 174-189, 2000.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Fergus TA, Valentiner DP, McGrath PB, Jencius S. Shame- and guilt-proneness: relationships with anxiety disorder symptoms in a clinical sample. J Anxiety Disord. 2010 Dec;24(8):811-5. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.06.002. Epub 2010 Jun 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20591613 (View on PubMed)

Hedman E, Strom P, Stunkel A, Mortberg E. Shame and guilt in social anxiety disorder: effects of cognitive behavior therapy and association with social anxiety and depressive symptoms. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 19;8(4):e61713. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061713. Print 2013.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23620782 (View on PubMed)

Gilbert, P, Procter, S. Compassionate mind training for people with high shame and self-criticism: Overview and pilot study of a group therapy approach. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 13(6): 353-379, 2006.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Heimberg, RG, & Becker, RE. Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for social phobia: Basic mechanisms and clinical strategies. Guilford Press, 2002.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Lutwak, N, Ferrari, JR.. Shame-related social anxiety: Replicating a link with various social interaction measures. Anxiety, stress, and coping, 10(4): 335-34, 1997.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

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UBB-CLINPSY-2016-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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