Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Adolescents With Social Anxiety Disorder.

Ollendick, TH; White, SW; Richey, J; Kim-Spoon, J; Ryan, SM; Wieckowski, AT; Coffman, MC; Elias, R; Strege, MV; Capriola-Hall, NN; Smith, M

Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Adolescents With Social Anxiety Disorder.

Ollendick, TH White, SW Richey, J Kim-Spoon, J Ryan, SM Wieckowski, AT Coffman, MC Elias, R Strege, MV Capriola-Hall, NN Smith, M

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Citation:: Behav Ther, 2019, 50, (1), pp. 126-139
Issue Date:: 2019-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ollendick, TH
dc.contributor.author	White, SW
dc.contributor.author	Richey, J
dc.contributor.author	Kim-Spoon, J
dc.contributor.author	Ryan, SM
dc.contributor.author	Wieckowski, AT
dc.contributor.author	Coffman, MC
dc.contributor.author	Elias, R
dc.contributor.author	Strege, MV
dc.contributor.author	Capriola-Hall, NN
dc.contributor.author	Smith, M
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-09T01:13:15Z
dc.date.available	2018-04-06
dc.date.available	2022-09-09T01:13:15Z
dc.date.issued	2019-01
dc.identifier.citation	Behav Ther, 2019, 50, (1), pp. 126-139
dc.identifier.issn	0005-7894
dc.identifier.issn	1878-1888
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/161566
dc.description.abstract	Social anxiety disorder (SAD) tends to emerge during the early teenage years and is particularly refractory to change even when standard evidence-based CBT treatments are delivered. Efforts have been made to develop novel, mechanistic-driven interventions for this disorder. In the present study, we examined Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) for youth with SAD. Participants were 58 adolescents (mean age = 14.29 years) who met diagnostic criteria for SAD and who were randomized to ABMT or a placebo control condition, Attention Control Training (ACT). We predicted that ABMT would result in greater changes in both threat biases and social anxiety symptoms. We also explored potential moderators of change including the severity of social anxiety symptoms, the level of threat bias at pretreatment, and the degree of temperament-defined attention control. Contrary to our hypotheses, changes in attention bias were not observed in either condition, changes in social anxiety symptoms and diagnosis were small, and significant differences were not observed between the ABMT and ACT conditions. Little support for the proposed moderators was obtained. Reasons for our failure to find support for ABMT and its potential moderators are explored and recommendations for changes in the ABMT paradigm are suggested.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation	National Institute of Mental HealthR34MH096915
dc.relation.ispartof	Behav Ther
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.beth.2018.04.002
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Clinical Psychology
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety
dc.subject.mesh	Attentional Bias
dc.subject.mesh	Behavior Therapy
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Fear
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Phobia, Social
dc.subject.mesh	Photic Stimulation
dc.subject.mesh	Temperament
dc.subject.mesh	Treatment Outcome
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Treatment Outcome
dc.subject.mesh	Photic Stimulation
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety
dc.subject.mesh	Fear
dc.subject.mesh	Temperament
dc.subject.mesh	Behavior Therapy
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Phobia, Social
dc.subject.mesh	Attentional Bias
dc.title	Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Adolescents With Social Anxiety Disorder.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	50
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1701 Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
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dc.date.updated	2022-09-09T01:13:12Z
pubs.issue	1
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pubs.volume	50
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Abstract:

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) tends to emerge during the early teenage years and is particularly refractory to change even when standard evidence-based CBT treatments are delivered. Efforts have been made to develop novel, mechanistic-driven interventions for this disorder. In the present study, we examined Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) for youth with SAD. Participants were 58 adolescents (mean age = 14.29 years) who met diagnostic criteria for SAD and who were randomized to ABMT or a placebo control condition, Attention Control Training (ACT). We predicted that ABMT would result in greater changes in both threat biases and social anxiety symptoms. We also explored potential moderators of change including the severity of social anxiety symptoms, the level of threat bias at pretreatment, and the degree of temperament-defined attention control. Contrary to our hypotheses, changes in attention bias were not observed in either condition, changes in social anxiety symptoms and diagnosis were small, and significant differences were not observed between the ABMT and ACT conditions. Little support for the proposed moderators was obtained. Reasons for our failure to find support for ABMT and its potential moderators are explored and recommendations for changes in the ABMT paradigm are suggested.

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