The Relationship Between Emotional Regulation Strategies And Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Effectiveness In Childhood Anxiety Disorders: A Longitudinal Prospective Study

November 12, 2014 updated by: alan apter, Rabin Medical Center
The current study will focus on two phases of anxiety process: Generating Anxiety (reported, direct and physiological) and Emotional Regulation Strategies (Reappraisal, Mindfulness, Expressive Suppression and Rumination). The claim is that better understanding of these phases in relation to CBT treatment will lead to better understanding of remission in anxiety and to better treatments in the future. Objectives: To understand the relations between the four strategies of emotional regulation to anxiety disorder hence to understand the relation between these strategies to treatment effectiveness of children with anxiety disorder. Methods: In phase one, clinically anxious adolescence before treatment (N=40) and healthy controls (N=40) will be compared. Anxious adolescence are expected to have significantly higher levels of physical arousal and will use spontaneously more expressive suppression and rumination and less reappraisal and mindfulness then the healthy controls. In phase two, clinically anxious adolescence (N=40) before and after 8-12 weeks of CBT treatment will be compared. More specifically remitted patients will be compared with partially remitted patients. Remitted patients are expected to show better improvement in the physical arousal, then partially remitted. More, Decrease in levels of anxiety will be mediated by the four emotional regulation strategies, and the efficiency of using the Reappraisal will be higher.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

54

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Petach Tikva, Israel
        • Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Departemnt of Psychological Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

10 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The anxious group: children who will present to the Anxiety Disorder Outpatient Clinic at Schneider Children's Hospital in Israel.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • anxious group: Clinical diagnosis of one or more of the following diagnoses: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety, Separation Anxiety, panic disorder.
  • non anxious group: do not meet the criteria for anxiety disorders as well as for any other mental disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

  • anxious group: not treated during the study in any other treatment for anxiety disorders.Clinical diagnosis of one or more of the following diagnoses: psychosis, dyslexia, mental retardation, PTSD.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Anxiety
Children with anxiety disorders
healthy controls
children without anxiety disorders

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
level of anxiety - by cgi and scared scales
Time Frame: 16 weeks
16 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Alan Apter, MD, Director Department of Psychological Medicine Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 15, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 15, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

June 16, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 13, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 12, 2014

Last Verified

November 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 5846

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