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The Efficacy of Prospective Mental Imagery in Enhancing Approach Motivation Among Socially Anxious Individuals

NCT06977087 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2026-01-09

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Summary

The efficacy of an online intervention aimed at enhancing approach motivation and behavioral engagement in confronting anxiety-inducing social situations is examined among individuals with elevated social anxiety. Participants will receive psychoeducation, followed by either a prospective mental-imagery task or a verbal reasoning task. Efficacy of the intervention is measured by ratings of experienced and anticipated pleasure, approach motivation and self-reported engagement with feared situations one week later.

Conditions

  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Phobia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation

Providing information about social anxiety, role of safety and avoidance behaviors in maintaining social anxiety, rationale for exposure to feared social situations

BEHAVIORAL

Prospective Mental Imagery

A standard imagination script is recounted in which participants have successfully mastered the socially feared situation

BEHAVIORAL

Verbal Reasoning

Participants are asked to reflect on the pros and cons of facing the socially feared situation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Philipps University Marburg

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-04
Primary Completion
2026-01-31
Completion
2026-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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