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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Dresden University of Technology German Research Foundation |
Information provided by: | Dresden University of Technology |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00751465 |
Fear of blushing is a specific syndrome in social anxiety disorder. Although attentional biases for social anxiety disorders have often been reported, specific data for fear of blushing are still missing. In this study, dysfunctional attention processes are examined by the use of various questionnaire measures and attention tests (e.g. Stroop, visual search, task switching tasks) comparing fear of blushers, other social phobia patients, healthy volunteers who report to blush seldomly respectively often. The second goal of the study is to examine if these attention processes can be changed by training and therapy. Therefore, individuals who fulfill DSM-IV criteria for social anxiety disorder and report fear of blushing as main problem, are treated with attention training and with CBT for social anxiety disorder. Differences in outcomes for both therapy types and in changeability of attention processes on objective test data are examined.
Condition | Intervention |
Phobia, Social |
Behavioral: Attention Training Behavioral: Cognitive Behavior Therapy |
MedlinePlus related topics: | Anxiety Phobias |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Dose Comparison, Factorial Assignment |
Official Title: | Clinical Specificity of Dysfunctional Habitual Attention Processes in Fear of Blushing and Their Changeability |
Estimated Enrollment: | 130 |
Study Start Date: | January 2009 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | September 2010 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | September 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
1: Active Comparator
Attention training
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Behavioral: Attention Training
Attention training following the rational of Bögels et al. (1997)
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2: Active Comparator
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Behavioral: Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Standard Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder following the model of Clark and Wells (1995) and the manual of Stangier et al. (2006)
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3: No Intervention
Wait list control
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Jürgen Hoyer, Prof. Dr. | ++49-351-46336986 | hoyer@psychologie.tu-dresden.de |
Contact: Samia Chaker | ++49-351-46336963 | chaker@psychologie.tu-dresden.de |
Dresden University of Technology |
German Research Foundation |
Principal Investigator: | Jürgen Hoyer, Prof. Dr. | University of Technology Dresden |
Responsible Party: | Technische Universität Dresden ( Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hoyer ) |
Study ID Numbers: | EK198082007, DFG HO 1900/5-1 |
First Received: | September 11, 2008 |
Last Updated: | September 11, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00751465 |
Health Authority: | Germany: Ethics commission of University of Technology Dresden |
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