The Mobile-Interpretation Bias Modification clinical trial aims to examine the efficacy of a brief mobile phone delivered interpretation bias modification to reduce anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns and suicidal ideation in National Guard Personnel. The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy, acceptability, and usability of M-IBM with a sample of 114 National Guardsmen with current suicidal ideation and elevated anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns. Participants will complete assessments, receive assistance on installing M- IBM on their phone, complete an M-IBM intervention session, and complete post-intervention assessments. Baseline measures of psychopathology, and usability/acceptability of M-IBM will be obtained during the initial session. In addition, 1-month, and 3-month follow-ups would be scheduled to examine changes in psychopathology. The investigators hypothesize that those randomized to M-IBM will experience reductions in anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns, suicidal ideation. In addition participants will find M-IBM acceptable and easy to use.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
114
In this paradigm, an ambiguous word or two-word phrase related to ASCC is followed by a sentence that resolves the word-sentence meaning as threatening or benign. For example, participants are presented with an ambiguous word or two-word phrase for 1 second. On half the trials the combination of the word/phrase and sentence creates a benign meaning (as in the previous example). On the other half of trials this combination creates an anxious-threat meaning Participants are required to judge the relatedness of the word/phrase and the sentence. Participants are given feedback during training such that judging the anxious-threat combinations to be "unrelated" and the benign combinations as being "related" would produce a "correct" response. In contrast, if participants produce an "incorrect" response they see "incorrect".
Placebo IBM where sentences are not related to anxious threat meaning of cue word.
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 Cognitive Concerns Subscale
Range 0 - 24, Higher Scores mean more pathology
Time frame: 30 minutes
Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 Cognitive Concerns Subscale
Range 0 - 24, Higher Scores mean more pathology
Time frame: 1 month post intervention
Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 Cognitive Concerns Subscale
Range 0 - 24, Higher Scores mean more pathology
Time frame: 3 months post intervention
The Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview
Time frame: 1 month post intervention
The Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview
Time frame: 3 months post intervention
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