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Reducing Social Avoidance Among Adolescents With Special Educational Needs

NCT06450665 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 208

Last updated 2024-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effectiveness of a Virtual Reality (VR) social avoidance intervention in reducing social avoidance symptoms among adolescents with special educational needs. Participants will complete tasks in the VR scenario with increasing difficulty and learn that they can cope in situations that they previously avoid. We hypothesize that, comparing with usual care (i.e. waitlist control), the intervention group will experience a significant reduction on social avoidance symptoms after treatment and this benefit will persist till 1-month follow-up.

Conditions

  • Social Avoidant Behavior
  • Social Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Xiaohua Sylvia Chen · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  • Winnie Wing Sze Mak · Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-20
Primary Completion
2025-02-28
Completion
2025-05-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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