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Behavioral Intervention

Group Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety (OASIS Trial)

N/A

Recruiting

Research Sponsored by University of Colorado, Boulder

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Age between 18-30

Be between 18 and 65 years old

Must not have

Currently experiencing moderately severe or severe depression represented by the validated cutoff score for major depression on the PHQ-8 of greater than 14

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up between 0 and 10 days before the first intervention session, 48 hours after the final intervention session, and 1-month follow-up

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial aims to study how different workshops can help with social anxiety and public speaking stress in University of Colorado Boulder undergraduate students. The study will last for about 8 weeks and involves completing questionnaires before

Who is the study for?

This trial is for University of Colorado Boulder undergraduates who experience social anxiety or stress related to public speaking. Participants will engage in an 8-week study involving questionnaires and weekly workshops.

What is being tested?

The study tests four types of group exposure therapy workshops aimed at reducing social anxiety, each with a different focus: self-compassion, peer support, or both. The effectiveness will be measured through questionnaires before and after the workshops and one month later.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this is a psychological intervention focusing on exposure therapy and not medication, side effects may include temporary increases in anxiety or discomfort during the process as participants face their fears.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I am between 18 and 30 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

You may be eligible for the trial if you check “No” for criteria below:

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I am currently experiencing severe depression.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ between 0 and 10 days before the first intervention session, 48 hours after the final intervention session, and 1-month follow-up

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~between 0 and 10 days before the first intervention session, 48 hours after the final intervention session, and 1-month follow-up

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and between 0 and 10 days before the first intervention session, 48 hours after the final intervention session, and 1-month follow-up for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)

Attendance rate

Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8)

+3 more

Secondary study objectives

Contamination

Enjoyableness

Fidelity

+10 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Peer enhancedExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears facilitated by a pair of doctoral student and undergraduate student co-facilitators who will explicitly use appropriate self-disclosure to establish the co-facilitators as individuals with lived experiences of social anxiety and public speaking fears.

Group II: Fully enhancedExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears plus self-compassion exercises aimed at inducing a sense of common humanity, facilitated by a pair of doctoral student and undergraduate student co-facilitators who will explicitly use appropriate self-disclosure to establish the co-facilitators as individuals with lived experiences of social anxiety and public speaking fears.

Group III: Compassion EnhancedExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears plus self-compassion exercises aimed at inducing a sense of common humanity.

Group IV: Exposure OnlyActive Control1 Intervention

Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears.

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