NCT05018260

Attention Bias Modification Versus Attention Control in Treatment of Social Anxiety

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tel Aviv University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical efficacy of treatment using gaze contingent music reward therapy (GC-MRT) with attention control treatment based on a similar paradigm, for social anxiety disorder (SAD)

Detailed description

This study examines the possibility that the effectiveness shown for GC-MRT in the treatment of SAD leans on attention control rather than bias modification. Therefore half of the participants will receive the classic GC-MRT course of treatment while the other half a version of the task with non-emotional stimuli (geometric shapes).

Conditions

• Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
• Social Anxiety
• Social Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Attention Bias Modification	Feedback according to participants' viewing patterns, in order to modify their attention bias to threat
BEHAVIORAL	Attention Control	Feedback according to participants' viewing patterns, in order to strengthen their attention control

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-01
• Primary completion: 2022-01-01
• Completion: 2022-04-01
• First posted: 2021-08-24
• Last updated: 2023-01-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel