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Attention and Social Behavior in Children

NCT02401282 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 251

Last updated 2018-01-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study examines the way attention may be linked to temperamental risk for anxiety, social behavior and brain processes. The study aims to see if temperamentally at risk youth display an attention bias towards threat, and if anxiety symptoms can be reduced through attentional bias modification training.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Attention Bias Modification

This is a modification of the dot-probe task (placebo task) designed to train attention away from threat

BEHAVIORAL

Dot-probe task

This is the active control placebo condition that simply measures levels of attention to threat

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Penn State University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-17
Completion
2016-12-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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