Attention, Teleconferencing and Social Anxiety

NCT ID: NCT04729803

Last Updated: 2024-01-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

53 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-18

Study Completion Date

2022-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study involves completing some online assessments and an intervention for social anxiety that all involve interactions with other people on a teleconferencing call.

Detailed Description

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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

NONE

Study Groups

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Attention Guidance + Exposure

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials with an attention guidance component.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental: Attention Guidance + Exposure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording.
2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes.
3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break.
4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial.

The experimental attention guidance condition: (1) the intervention rationale will include information about the importance of visually attending to the faces of the audience; (2) participants will be given target audience members to focus their gaze on during the their impromptu response. They will be told that they should look at and focus on the target audience member for the whole response.

Exposure Alone

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Active Comparator: Exposure Alone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording.
2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes.
3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break.
4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial.

Attention Control + Exposure

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials with an attention control component.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental: Attention Control + Exposure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording.

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2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes. During each call participants will be prompted by one of the audience members.
3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break.
4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial.

The experimental attention control condition: (1) the intervention rationale will include information about the importance of attention control; (2) participants will be given target at the center of the screen to focus their gaze on during the their impromptu response. They will be told that they should look at and focus on the target for the whole response.

Interventions

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Experimental: Attention Guidance + Exposure

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording.
2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes.
3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break.
4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial.

The experimental attention guidance condition: (1) the intervention rationale will include information about the importance of visually attending to the faces of the audience; (2) participants will be given target audience members to focus their gaze on during the their impromptu response. They will be told that they should look at and focus on the target audience member for the whole response.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Active Comparator: Exposure Alone

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording.
2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes.
3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break.
4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Experimental: Attention Control + Exposure

1. Participants will receive a brief standardized psychoeducation module, presented via a video recording.

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2. Participants will then complete up to 10 analogue teleconferencing calls, each lasting a maximum of two minutes. During each call participants will be prompted by one of the audience members.
3. Between speeches participants will have a 1-minute break.
4. Participants will complete the subjective units of distress scale (SUDS) before and after each speech trial.

The experimental attention control condition: (1) the intervention rationale will include information about the importance of attention control; (2) participants will be given target at the center of the screen to focus their gaze on during the their impromptu response. They will be told that they should look at and focus on the target for the whole response.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18-75
* Fluent in English because the data collection materials have not yet been standardized in other languages
* Having access to a computer with a webcam and ability to record audio
* Personal Report of Communication Apprehension \> 80
* Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale \> 30
* Meets DSM-5 Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder

Exclusion Criteria

* Significant visual impairment precluding the use of the eye tracking equipment
* Current, or history of bipolar disorder; current, or history of psychosis
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Texas at Austin

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders, University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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STUDY00000106

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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