Attention Training to Modify Error-related Negativity and Risk for Anxiety in Adolescence
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Anxiety |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 11 - 14 |
| Updated: | 6/22/2018 |
| Start Date: | October 2016 |
| End Date: | June 2021 |
| Contact: | Greg Hajcak, PhD |
| Email: | greg.hajcak@med.fsu.edu |
| Phone: | 850-644-9869 |
This is a multi-site study to examine error-related brain activity (i.e., the error-related
negativity) and anxiety symptoms in 11 to 14 year-olds (N=600) at two time points separated
by two years. The study examines the degree to which error-related negativity can predict
anxiety prospectively over two years, and whether a computerized game that alters attention
to threat can alter error-related negativity and trajectories of anxiety.
negativity) and anxiety symptoms in 11 to 14 year-olds (N=600) at two time points separated
by two years. The study examines the degree to which error-related negativity can predict
anxiety prospectively over two years, and whether a computerized game that alters attention
to threat can alter error-related negativity and trajectories of anxiety.
Approximately 600 youths between the ages of 11 and 14 and their parents will be assessed.
Adolescents will be evaluated at baseline using event-related potentials, self-report, and
interview-based measures. The error-related negativity will be evaluated immediately (it
takes less than 5 minutes to process and score a single subjects' error-related negativity ),
and adolescents with good error-related negativity data (~90%, based on scorable
error-related negativity data) will be randomly assigned to either an 8-week (i.e., 16
session) adaptive attention bias modification (N=180) or control condition (N=180) or a
waitlist condition (N=180) group. Each session lasts 20 minutes, and participants will be
asked to complete two 20-minute sessions per week. Participants will be assessed immediately
at post, using the same measures from the baseline assessment. All participants will complete
a 2-year follow-up lab visit using the same measures from the baseline assessment.
Adolescents will be evaluated at baseline using event-related potentials, self-report, and
interview-based measures. The error-related negativity will be evaluated immediately (it
takes less than 5 minutes to process and score a single subjects' error-related negativity ),
and adolescents with good error-related negativity data (~90%, based on scorable
error-related negativity data) will be randomly assigned to either an 8-week (i.e., 16
session) adaptive attention bias modification (N=180) or control condition (N=180) or a
waitlist condition (N=180) group. Each session lasts 20 minutes, and participants will be
asked to complete two 20-minute sessions per week. Participants will be assessed immediately
at post, using the same measures from the baseline assessment. All participants will complete
a 2-year follow-up lab visit using the same measures from the baseline assessment.
Inclusion Criteria:
- children and parent must speak English well enough to complete the study assessments
Exclusion Criteria:
- current threat of harm to self or others, bipolar illness, psychosis, thought
disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, mental retardation, neurological diseases
that impair cognition, or significant head injuries (past 3 months).
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