The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and efficacy of intervening with 2-year-old children with elevated temperamental Fear and/or Shyness or 3-year-old children with elevated anxiety and their parents, using a parent-child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) protocol to reduce anxiety disorders and maintain reduced anxiety at one-year follow-up. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, study visits and treatment sessions were conducted in office. Now all visits and treatment sessions are conducted remotely.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
90
Up to 12 weekly sessions
Parents receive educational materials about helping children overcome shyness and fear
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Response Rate (proportion of participants rated as 1 or 2 on Clinical Global Impression of Anxiety-Improvement Measure (CGI-I)
The CGI-I is a 7-point scale from 1 (Very Much Improved) to 7 (Very Much Worse). It will be rated by a clinician interviewer blind to treatment condition
Time frame: Baseline to four-month follow-up
CGI-Severity Ratings
Time frame: Compared between groups at 4- and 8-month FU
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