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CompletedNCT00593515Updated Jan 15, 2008

Effects of Parental Behavior on Child Anxiety Regulation

A Phase 2 interventional study of Family cognitive behavioral therapy and Child-focused cognitive behavioral therapy in Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 13 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2008-01-15.

Sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
6 Years to 13 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 42 studies in Anxiety, Separation with a site in United States — 2 open to participants now, 5 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Anxiety, Separation · United States.

Enrollment
26th of 38
40 · median 63
Started
2000
with 1 other
Phase 2
2 of 42
none open now
Registered
4th of 42
by date

Among the 42 studies in Anxiety, Separation with a site in United States, this one is the 26th largest by enrollment of the 38 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 2 that started in 2000, is one of 2 in phase 2, and was the 4th registered.

Anxiety, Separation

59 studies on the registry are indexed under Anxiety, Separation; 5 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

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Who these studies take

Of the 4 Anxiety, Separation studies recruiting now, 0 (0%) set no upper age limit and 4 (100%) stop at 75 or younger; 4 take children under 18; 0 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 6 Years to 13 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Does parenting style affect emotion regulation among children who initially demonstrate high levels of fear and anxiety? Although recent correlational research has demonstrated a linkage between parental behaviors, such as excessive intrusiveness, and children's manifestations of fear and anxiety, it is not clear if parenting behaviors directly influence children's ability to regulate these emotions. Alternatively, these parental behaviors may be elicited by children who express fears and anxieties more frequently than other children do. Experimental research designs would offer a more definitive test of these competing explanations of the extant correlational findings. Intervention studies, in particular, can test whether experimentally manipulating current family interaction patterns affects children's ability to regulate emotion. This study provides a preliminary experimental test of the relationship between parental behavior and children's regulation of fear and anxiety. Some 40 clinically anxious youth, aged 6-13, were randomly assigned to a family intervention program for childhood anxiety problems, which includes extensive parent communication training, or a child intervention program without parent-training. By comparing these two interventions, we tested if it was possible to improve parenting behaviors-such as intrusiveness-through intensive parent-training, above and beyond the effects of involving children in a child intervention program. We then tested the impact of this change in parental behaviors on children's ability to regulate fear and anxiety. We hypothesized that parent-training would reduce intrusiveness, which would in turn improve children's anxiety outcomes.

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Conditions studied

  • Separation Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Phobia
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Years to 13 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • The child met criteria for a diagnosis of a principal anxiety disorder based on a semi-structured interview
  • The child was not taking any psychiatric medication at the initial assessment, or was taking a stable dose of psychiatric medication (i.e., at least one month at a stable dose prior to the baseline assessment), and
  • If medication was being used, families stated an intention to maintain that dose throughout the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The child was currently in child-focused psychotherapy
  • The family was currently in family therapy or a parenting class
  • Either the child or the parents evidenced psychotic symptoms
  • The child began taking psychiatric medication or increased his/her dose of medication during the intervention, or
  • For any reason the child or parents appeared unable to participate in the intervention program.
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DSM diagnostic criteria

The American Psychiatric Association’s manual of mental health diagnoses. DSM-5 (2013, revised as DSM-5-TR in 2022) replaced DSM-IV, and some studies still name the older edition. “Meets DSM criteria for …” means diagnosed by that edition’s diagnostic criteria, usually by a clinician in an interview.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1

    Family CBT

    Behavioral: Family cognitive behavioral therapy

  • Active comparator
    2

    Child-focused CBT

    Behavioral: Child-focused cognitive behavioral therapy

Interventions

  • BehavioralFamily cognitive behavioral therapy

    12-16 weekly sessions of family cognitive behavioral therapy, 60-80 minutes each

  • BehavioralChild-focused cognitive behavioral therapy

    12-16 weekly sessions of child-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, 60-80 minutes each

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule--Child and Parent Versions

    Time frame: Posttreatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Multidimension Anxiety Scale for Children

    Time frame: Posttreatment

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Study locations

1 site
  • UCLA
    Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Wood JJ, Piacentini JC, Southam-Gerow M, Chu BC, Sigman M. Family cognitive behavioral therapy for child anxiety disorders. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006 Mar;45(3):314-321. doi: 10.1097/01.chi.0000196425.88341.b0. PubMed 16540816 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Mar 2000, a primary completion of Apr 2004 and a completion of Apr 2004. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

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Registered
Jan 3, 2008
First posted
Jan 15, 2008
Start
Mar 2000
Primary completionActual
Apr 2004
CompletionActual
Apr 2004
Last update
Jan 15, 2008
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 15, 2008, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00593515
First posted
Jan 15, 2008
Start date
Mar 2000
Primary completion
Apr 2004
Completion
Apr 2004
Last update
Jan 15, 2008

Study contacts

Jeffrey Wood, Ph.D.
principal investigator · University of California, Los Angeles
Marian Sigman, Ph.D.
principal investigator · University of California, Los Angeles

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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