An interventional study of Building Closer Friendships in Social Anxiety, sponsored by Florida State University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-01-29.
Sponsored by Florida State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study assesses whether a 4-week computerized intervention can be used to decrease fear of intimacy, and loneliness and improve perceived social support in people with Social Anxiety Disorder.
This study hopes to assess whether a month long computerized intervention aimed at giving people skills to form closer friendships. Participants will be randomized into an active treatment condition or a wait list control. We hypothesize that 1) participants in the treatment condition will have lower fear of intimacy at post treatment than those in the waitlist condition 2) participants in the treatment condition will have lower levels of loneliness than those in the waitlist condition 3) participants in the treatment condition will have higher perceived social support than those in the waitlist condition.
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four week computerized intervention designed to reduce fear of intimacy
Behavioral: Building Closer Friendships
Participants will continue as usual and will be given the option to receive the active treatment after completion of the study
Intervention designed to build social support and reduce loneliness by giving participants skills to strengthen their relationships
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
Self-report scale that measures perceived levels of social support. Scores range from 12 to 84 with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived social support. The three subscales (friends, family and significant other) all have a range of 4 to 28 with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived social support.
Time frame: Change in Perceived Social Support from baseline to post treatment (4weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)
Fear of Intimacy Scale-friend version
self report scale measuring fear of intimacy in friendships. Scores range from 26 to 130 with higher scores indicating a higher level of fear of intimacy.
Time frame: Change in fear of intimacy from baseline to post treatment (4weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)
UCLA Loneliness Scale
A 20 item Self report scale measuring loneliness. Scales range from 0 to 60 with higher scores indicating a higher level of loneliness.
Time frame: Change in loneliness from baseline to post treatment (4weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)
Social Phobia inventory
Self-report scale that measures Social anxiety symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 68 with higher scores indicating higher levels of social anxiety symptoms.
Time frame: Change in social anxiety symptoms from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)
State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety-Trait Version (STICSA-T)
Self-report measure used to assess overall anxiety symptoms. Scores range from 21 to 84 with higher scores indicating higher levels of overall anxiety.
Time frame: Change in overall anxiety symptoms from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
Self-report measure used to assess depressive symptoms. Total scores range from 0 to 60 with higher scores indicating a higher level of depressive symptoms.
Time frame: Change in depression symptoms from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)
Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ)
Self report measure of suicide vulnerability. Total scores range from 15 to 105, with higher scores indicating a higher vulnerability for suicide.
Time frame: Change in suicide vulnerability from baseline to post treatment (4 weeks) and one month follow up (8 weeks)
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