Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Miami University

Code:

NCT03280472

Conditions

Interpretation Bias Modification

Symptom Tracking

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Cognitive Bias Modification

Symptom tracking

Study Details

Brief summary:

The current project will test whether a computerized training program, Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM), can be used as a prevention inoculation tool to reduce vulnerability to anxiety among incoming college students. Those not in the CBM condition will complete a symptom tracking condition (ST). We will also test whether ST influences vulnerability to anxiety among incoming college students.

Conditions

Interpretation Bias Modification

Symptom Tracking

Study ID

NCT03280472

Start date

Sep 18, 2017

Status verified date

Dec, 2017

Completion date

Jan, 2019

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan, 2019

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • First and Second year students
  • Entered college in fall of 2017
  • Fluent in English
  • LSAS-SR score greater than or equal to 14 and less than or equal to 74.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Cognitive Bias Modification

Participants will complete three session of cognitive bias modification.

other: Symptom Tracking

Participants will track their symptoms.

Interventions

Cognitive Bias Modification

CBM training. For those in the CBM condition, participants will complete a task. In this task, they will read ambiguous, two- to four-sentence social-related scenarios on the computer. The final word in the scenario will have a missing letter. Participants will type the missing letter. Participants will also be asked to answer a "Yes/No" comprehension question about the scenario. The missing letter will "resolve" the ambiguity of the scenario in a positive way, intended to train participants to have more positively-biased interpretations of ambiguous social information

Symptom tracking

Participants will track their symptoms

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Participants report on their past few days. The SACQ is administered at T1-T5. T2 occurs within ~1 week of T1/baseline. T2-T5 are spaced ~1 week apart from each other. Sessions are ~60-90 minutes. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Elise M Clerkin, PhD

513-529-2483clerkiem@miamioh.edu

Locations

Anxiety Cognition and Emotion Laboratory

Recruiting

Oxford, Ohio, United States, 45056

Contacts

Elise M Clerkin, PhD

513-529-2483cleriem@miamioh.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Miami University

Last update posted

Dec 19, 2017

Last verified

Dec, 2017

Keywords

  • Interpretation Bias
  • Interpretation Modification Program

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Miami University on 2017-12-19.