Reducing Social Avoidance Among Adolescents With Special Educational Needs
NCT ID: NCT06450665
Last Updated: 2024-06-10
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
208 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-06-20
2025-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The Virtual Reality (VR) social avoidance intervention used in the current study is designed based on cognitive-behavioral approach with a virtual coach acting as the therapist. It is designed in tandem with input from Hong Kong users to ensure the scenario can resonate with them.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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VR Social Avoidance Intervention
The intervention group will go through three 30-minute VR sessions over a period of 3 weeks. Participants will need to complete a baseline survey before the VR sessions and a post-intervention survey after the VR sessions, as well as a 1-month follow-up survey.
VR Social Avoidance Intervention
The intervention is based on cognitive-behavioral approach with a virtual coach acting as the therapist. It will be designed in tandem with input from Hong Kong users to ensure the scenario can resonate with them. By testing beliefs that inhibit confidence in a safe and controlled environment, participants will complete tasks with increasing difficulty in three VR scenarios and learn that they can cope in situations that they previously avoid.
Waitlist Control
The wait-list control group will complete the questionnaires in the same interval as the intervention group, with promise of receiving VR intervention after 1-month follow-up is over.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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VR Social Avoidance Intervention
The intervention is based on cognitive-behavioral approach with a virtual coach acting as the therapist. It will be designed in tandem with input from Hong Kong users to ensure the scenario can resonate with them. By testing beliefs that inhibit confidence in a safe and controlled environment, participants will complete tasks with increasing difficulty in three VR scenarios and learn that they can cope in situations that they previously avoid.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Can read traditional Chinese and understand Cantonese
* Self-report on experiencing social avoidance symptoms
Exclusion Criteria
* Impairment of stereoscopic vision
* Balance problems
16 Years
19 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Chinese University of Hong Kong
OTHER
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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CHEN Xiaohua Sylvia
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Xiaohua Sylvia Chen
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Winnie Wing Sze Mak
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Locations
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Department of Applied Social Sciences, PolyU
Hong Kong, , Hong Kong
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Other Identifiers
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HSEARS20240214005
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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