The current project will test whether a computerized training program, Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM), can be used as a prevention inoculation tool to reduce vulnerability to anxiety among incoming college students. Those not in the CBM condition will complete a symptom tracking condition (ST). We will also test whether ST influences vulnerability to anxiety among incoming college students.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
CBM training. For those in the CBM condition, participants will complete a task. In this task, they will read ambiguous, two- to four-sentence social-related scenarios on the computer. The final word in the scenario will have a missing letter. Participants will type the missing letter. Participants will also be asked to answer a "Yes/No" comprehension question about the scenario. The missing letter will "resolve" the ambiguity of the scenario in a positive way, intended to train participants to have more positively-biased interpretations of ambiguous social information
Participants will track their symptoms
Anxiety Cognition and Emotion Laboratory
Oxford, Ohio, United States
RECRUITINGChange in Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire
Self-report on the degree to which the participant feels they are transitioning to college successfully.
Time frame: Participants report on their past few days. The SACQ is administered at T1-T5. T2 occurs within ~1 week of T1/baseline. T2-T5 are spaced ~1 week apart from each other. Sessions are ~60-90 minutes.
Change in Interpretations
A questionnaire assessing their interpretation of ambiguous, potentially anxiety-provoking situation
Time frame: Participants report interpretations to a variety of situations. The IQ is administered at T1 and T4. T2 occurs within 1 week of T1/baseline. T2-T5 are spaced ~1 week apart from each other. Sessions are ~60-90 minutes.
Change in Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-Self-Report
Self-report of social anxiety symptoms
Time frame: Participants report on symptoms during the past week. The LSAS-SR is administered at T1-T5. T2 occurs within ~1 week of T1/baseline. T2-T5 are spaced ~1 week apart from each other. Sessions are ~60-90 minutes.
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