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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
109 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-09-16
2019-01-02
Brief Summary
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This study will test the following hypotheses:
Hypothesis 1: The CBT and ACT book conditions will both experience decreased social anxiety and distress. Life satisfaction and values progress will increase in both conditions.
Hypothesis 2: The CBT condition will result in greater use of reappraisal, the ACT condition will not.
Hypothesis 3: The ACT condition will result in greater use of defusion and decreased psychological inflexibility; the CBT condition will not.
Hypothesis 4: Changes in experiential avoidance and defusion will predict changes in social anxiety and values progress in the ACT condition.
Hypothesis 5: Changes in reappraisal will predict changes in social anxiety in the CBT condition. Change in values progress will be predicted by change in social anxiety in the CBT condition.
Hypothesis 6: The association between social anxiety/negative affect and values progress will decrease or disappear in the ACT condition (i.e., decoupling), and remain the same in the CBT condition.
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Detailed Description
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Total study participation will occur over approximately 8 weeks. All study procedures will be completed online, on a computer/mobile phone. After completing informed consent, participants will complete a baseline survey.
At the end of the baseline survey, participants will be randomly assigned to use a book based on CBT (The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook) or on ACT (The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Social Anxiety and Shyness). Note that participants will be asked not to access other self-help books during the study duration. Participants will be provided with an 8-week reading schedule and a link to the assigned book. Participants will be asked to complete a midtreatment survey 4 weeks after the beginning of treatment. The midtreatment survey will include questions about adherence. Participants will be asked to complete a posttreatment survey 8 weeks after the beginning of treatment. This survey will also ask about adherence (reading, use of strategies taught in the book, and exposures). Researcher contact will involve reminders to complete assessments, a basic email assistance in identifying and responding to any barriers to using the self-help book, and twice-weekly reminders of the suggested reading schedule.
After completing the initial assessment participants will be sent a link to The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Social Anxiety and Shyness if they are assigned to the ACT condition, or a link to the Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook if they are in the CBT condition. They will be able to access the book online at any time. Participants will be asked to read assigned chapters on an 8-week schedule.
The primary treatment components in the Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Social Anxiety and Shyness are psychoeducation, values and goals, mindfulness, acceptance, defusion, and committed action. The book uses writing exercises to identify patterns/values/goals/committed action, guided and unguided mindfulness meditations, and acceptance exercises.
The primary treatment components in The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook are psychoeducation (introducing the cognitive behavioral model), self-assessment (e.g., anxiety hierarchy, identifying beliefs, identifying avoidance), cognitive restructuring, situational exposure, exposure to physical symptoms, and maintenance/consolidation. The book also includes a chapter on motivation and treatment options and a chapter on medication, but these were omitted in a previous trial of the book and will also be omitted in the present study. There is also a chapter on social skills, which will be omitted in order to keep dosage similar between the two books. The book briefly mentions acceptance in the context of exposure (e.g., fear will stick around longer after fighting it) but includes no major acceptance or mindfulness components.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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ACT self-help book condition
Participants in this condition will be assigned to read The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Social Anxiety and Shyness by Fleming and Kocovski (2013), a self-help book based on acceptance and commitment therapy.
Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Social Anxiety and Shyness
Participants assigned to this condition will be asked to read this self-help book over an 8-week period.
CBT self-help book condition
Participants in this condition will be assigned to read The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook by Antony and Swinson (2008), a self-help book based on cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety.
The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook
Participants assigned to this condition will be asked to read this self-help book over an 8-week period (with some chapters omitted).
Interventions
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Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Social Anxiety and Shyness
Participants assigned to this condition will be asked to read this self-help book over an 8-week period.
The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook
Participants assigned to this condition will be asked to read this self-help book over an 8-week period (with some chapters omitted).
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Enrolled at Utah State University
* Have not participated in other self-help studies run by the USU CBS Lab
* Interested in using self-help book for social anxiety
* Scoring at least a 6 on the Mini Social Phobia Inventory (Mini-SPIN), a validated social anxiety screening measure
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Utah State University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Michael Levin
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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Michael Levin, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Utah State University
Locations
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Utah State University
Logan, Utah, United States
Countries
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References
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Antony, M. M., & Swinson, R. P. (2008). The shyness and social anxiety workbook. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
Fleming, J. E., & Kocovski, N. L. (2013). The mindfulness and acceptance workbook for social anxiety and shyness. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
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Other Identifiers
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8694
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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