An interventional study of Cognitive Bias Modification and Symptom tracking in Interpretation Bias Modification and Symptom Tracking, sponsored by Miami University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-13.
Sponsored by Miami University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The current project will test whether a computerized training program, Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM), can be used as a prevention inoculation tool to reduce vulnerability to anxiety among incoming college students. Those not in the CBM condition will complete a symptom tracking condition (ST). We will also test whether ST influences vulnerability to anxiety among incoming college students.
Miami University is the lead sponsor of 12 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.
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Inclusion Criteria:
Participants will complete three session of cognitive bias modification.
Behavioral: Cognitive Bias Modification
Participants will track their symptoms.
Behavioral: Symptom tracking
CBM training. For those in the CBM condition, participants will complete a task. In this task, they will read ambiguous, two- to four-sentence social-related scenarios on the computer. The final word in the scenario will have a missing letter. Participants will type the missing letter. Participants will also be asked to answer a "Yes/No" comprehension question about the scenario. The missing letter will "resolve" the ambiguity of the scenario in a positive way, intended to train participants to have more positively-biased interpretations of ambiguous social information
Participants will track their symptoms
Change in Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire
Self-report on the degree to which the participant feels they are transitioning to college successfully.
Time frame: Participants report on their past few days. The SACQ is administered at T1-T5. T2 occurs within ~1 week of T1/baseline. T2-T5 are spaced ~1 week apart from each other. Sessions are ~60-90 minutes.
Change in Interpretations
A questionnaire assessing their interpretation of ambiguous, potentially anxiety-provoking situation
Time frame: Participants report interpretations to a variety of situations. The IQ is administered at T1 and T4. T2 occurs within 1 week of T1/baseline. T2-T5 are spaced ~1 week apart from each other. Sessions are ~60-90 minutes.
Change in Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-Self-Report
Self-report of social anxiety symptoms
Time frame: Participants report on symptoms during the past week. The LSAS-SR is administered at T1-T5. T2 occurs within ~1 week of T1/baseline. T2-T5 are spaced ~1 week apart from each other. Sessions are ~60-90 minutes.
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Ran from Sep 2017 to primary completion in Jan 2019, 16 months.
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