Intervention Social Anxiety: Combining Parent-child Treatment

NCT ID: NCT06352463

Last Updated: 2024-10-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

9 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-08-06

Study Completion Date

2025-07-01

Brief Summary

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The aim of this pilot project is to investigate a treatment program for children with social anxiety, in which children and their parents, parallel to each other, follow separate evidence-based interventions. The added value of this pilot project is that the investigators are examining how both programs interact when offered simultaneously.

Detailed Description

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After a diagnostic trajectory and a 2-week reflection period, children and their parents are invited to come into the lab for baseline 1. During baseline 1, children and their parents will be interviewed and they will fill in some questionnaires. They will then be randomly assigned to a 2-, 4-, or 6-week waiting period. During this waiting period they will fill in Experience Sampling Method (ESMs) daily, every other week. One week before the end of the waiting period, baseline 2 will take place. After the waiting period children and their parents will start their separate treatments in parallel. Children will get an individually tailored cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-protocol for social anxiety and parents will get SPACE. In the treatment period, they will fill in ESMs daily. There is another assessment with interviews and questionnaires at mid-treatment (after 6 sessions) and post-treatment (after 12 sessions), as well as 1- and 2-months after treatment has ended. After the treatment period, the frequency of the ESMs will go back to daily every other week.

Conditions

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Social Anxiety Disorder of Childhood

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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2-week waiting period

Children and parents have to wait 2 weeks between baseline 1 and the start of the treatment. In the first week, they fill in ESMs daily.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Denken + Doen = Durven

Intervention Type OTHER

DDD is an evidence based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-treatment protocol for children with anxiety. This research will use the modular version of DDD, which means that the therapist will decide which modules she will use based on the specific symptoms and needs of the child. DDD consists of four parts. First, there will be psycho education in which the child learns about how anxiety can arise, when anxiety is normal, and how thoughts, emotions, and behaviour are linked. Second, the child will learn coping strategies for dealing with anxiety. Third, there will be cognitive restructuring by which that the child will learn skills to deal with anxious and negative thoughts, through challenging and experimenting. Finally, there will be exposure. In the exposure sessions, the child will face their fears step by step.

Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions

Intervention Type OTHER

Parents will follow the SPACE program. SPACE is a theory driven, evidence-based treatment program of 12 sessions. In a structured way, parents are trained to change their own behaviour as a reaction to the symptoms of their child. First, they are trained to recognise family accommodation and slowly reduce this. Second, this program focuses on the increase in supportive reactions from parents. They are taught to accept the child's feelings, fears, and problems and to trust in the ability of the child to cope with and tolerate anxiety-related problems. These two goals are attained via a sequence of steps in the SPACE manual. Furthermore, SPACE includes additional modules that can be implemented if needed. These provide tools for conquering communal challenges that can arise during the treatment process, including dealing with extremely disruptive behaviour of children and improving parental collaboration.

4-week waiting period

Children and parents have to wait 4 weeks between baseline 1 and the start of the treatment. In the first and third week, they fill in ESMs daily.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Denken + Doen = Durven

Intervention Type OTHER

DDD is an evidence based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-treatment protocol for children with anxiety. This research will use the modular version of DDD, which means that the therapist will decide which modules she will use based on the specific symptoms and needs of the child. DDD consists of four parts. First, there will be psycho education in which the child learns about how anxiety can arise, when anxiety is normal, and how thoughts, emotions, and behaviour are linked. Second, the child will learn coping strategies for dealing with anxiety. Third, there will be cognitive restructuring by which that the child will learn skills to deal with anxious and negative thoughts, through challenging and experimenting. Finally, there will be exposure. In the exposure sessions, the child will face their fears step by step.

Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions

Intervention Type OTHER

Parents will follow the SPACE program. SPACE is a theory driven, evidence-based treatment program of 12 sessions. In a structured way, parents are trained to change their own behaviour as a reaction to the symptoms of their child. First, they are trained to recognise family accommodation and slowly reduce this. Second, this program focuses on the increase in supportive reactions from parents. They are taught to accept the child's feelings, fears, and problems and to trust in the ability of the child to cope with and tolerate anxiety-related problems. These two goals are attained via a sequence of steps in the SPACE manual. Furthermore, SPACE includes additional modules that can be implemented if needed. These provide tools for conquering communal challenges that can arise during the treatment process, including dealing with extremely disruptive behaviour of children and improving parental collaboration.

6-week waiting period

Children and parents have to wait 6 weeks between baseline 1 and the start of the treatment. In the first, third, and fifth week, they fill in ESMs daily.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Denken + Doen = Durven

Intervention Type OTHER

DDD is an evidence based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-treatment protocol for children with anxiety. This research will use the modular version of DDD, which means that the therapist will decide which modules she will use based on the specific symptoms and needs of the child. DDD consists of four parts. First, there will be psycho education in which the child learns about how anxiety can arise, when anxiety is normal, and how thoughts, emotions, and behaviour are linked. Second, the child will learn coping strategies for dealing with anxiety. Third, there will be cognitive restructuring by which that the child will learn skills to deal with anxious and negative thoughts, through challenging and experimenting. Finally, there will be exposure. In the exposure sessions, the child will face their fears step by step.

Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions

Intervention Type OTHER

Parents will follow the SPACE program. SPACE is a theory driven, evidence-based treatment program of 12 sessions. In a structured way, parents are trained to change their own behaviour as a reaction to the symptoms of their child. First, they are trained to recognise family accommodation and slowly reduce this. Second, this program focuses on the increase in supportive reactions from parents. They are taught to accept the child's feelings, fears, and problems and to trust in the ability of the child to cope with and tolerate anxiety-related problems. These two goals are attained via a sequence of steps in the SPACE manual. Furthermore, SPACE includes additional modules that can be implemented if needed. These provide tools for conquering communal challenges that can arise during the treatment process, including dealing with extremely disruptive behaviour of children and improving parental collaboration.

Interventions

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Denken + Doen = Durven

DDD is an evidence based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-treatment protocol for children with anxiety. This research will use the modular version of DDD, which means that the therapist will decide which modules she will use based on the specific symptoms and needs of the child. DDD consists of four parts. First, there will be psycho education in which the child learns about how anxiety can arise, when anxiety is normal, and how thoughts, emotions, and behaviour are linked. Second, the child will learn coping strategies for dealing with anxiety. Third, there will be cognitive restructuring by which that the child will learn skills to deal with anxious and negative thoughts, through challenging and experimenting. Finally, there will be exposure. In the exposure sessions, the child will face their fears step by step.

Intervention Type OTHER

Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions

Parents will follow the SPACE program. SPACE is a theory driven, evidence-based treatment program of 12 sessions. In a structured way, parents are trained to change their own behaviour as a reaction to the symptoms of their child. First, they are trained to recognise family accommodation and slowly reduce this. Second, this program focuses on the increase in supportive reactions from parents. They are taught to accept the child's feelings, fears, and problems and to trust in the ability of the child to cope with and tolerate anxiety-related problems. These two goals are attained via a sequence of steps in the SPACE manual. Furthermore, SPACE includes additional modules that can be implemented if needed. These provide tools for conquering communal challenges that can arise during the treatment process, including dealing with extremely disruptive behaviour of children and improving parental collaboration.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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DDD SPACE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis social anxiety
* At least 1 parent is willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* Currently under treatment for anxiety
* Other complaints that need attention first
* Not understanding instructions/treatment
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Leids Universitair Behandel en Expertise Centrum (LUBEC)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

GGZ Delfland

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Leiden University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Anke M Klein, AS

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Anke M Klein, AS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Leiden University

Locations

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GGZ Delfland

Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Leiden University

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

LUBEC

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Netherlands

Central Contacts

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Anke M Klein, AS

Role: CONTACT

+31655111908

Anika Bexkens, AS

Role: CONTACT

+31715276566

Facility Contacts

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Anika Bexkens

Role: primary

Anika Bexkens

Role: primary

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Other Identifiers

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406.XS.03.068

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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