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Behavioral Intervention
Cognitive Bias Modification for Anxiety
Recruiting0 awards6 criteria
Portland, Oregon
Research in the last fifteen years suggests that anxious individuals selectively attend towards threatening information. Attention modification interventions for internalizing adults have been developed to target cognition at this basic level; these programs have demonstrated initial efficacy in attention bias and anxiety symptom reduction. To date, there have been minimal published studies of attention modification in youths with clinical levels of anxiety. This study is a large randomized efficacy-effectiveness trial (N = 498) to test the benefit of this low-cost, computerized attention modification intervention (Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) computer application) for anxiety disorders and symptomatology in youth ages 12 to 17. This trial conducted will compare three intervention arms, all of which include underlying treatment as usual (TAU). The investigators directly test the level of clinical support ("scaffolding") needed to adequately deliver self-administered CBM to anxious youth, a finding that will be key to preparing for future deployment-focused trials. The investigators will compare an attention control version of the CBM program (Arm 1) to two active versions of the CBM intervention that have varying levels of patient clinical support: a self-administered CBM program that participants download and install on their home computers (Self-Administered CBM-only; Arm 2), and the same CBM program paired with an adherence promotion (AP) component delivered via brief telephone calls from study "coaches," including as needed, brief motivational enhancement and/or technical assistance (Self-Administered CBM+AP; Arm 3). The investigators expect that youth receiving CBM and CBM+AP will have improvement in anxiety symptoms and functioning. The investigators will also complete a cost-effectiveness analysis to examine potential costs offset by this intervention.
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