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Trial reportChild psychiatry and human development2019

Efficacy of Attention Bias Training for Child Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Susanna W Chang, Jennie M Kuckertz, Deepika Bose, Arturo R Carmona, John Piacentini, Nader Amir

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Child psychiatry and human development, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Novel mechanism-based treatments for pediatric anxiety and depressive disorders.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Susanna W ChangSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. schang@mednet.ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2959-918X
Jennie M KuckertzJoint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Deepika BoseDepartment of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Arturo R CarmonaJoint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
John PiacentiniSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Nader AmirJoint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
San Diego State University · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USFlorida International University · US

Funding

Attention Training and Relaxation for GAD: Testing the Efficacy of Home-DeliveryR01MH087623 · NIMH · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI AMIR, NADER · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
Development of a Personalized Attention Training Program for Pediatric OCDR34MH095885 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHANG, SUSANNA W. · 2012 to 2014
$608k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH087623NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH095885
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing evidence base supports attention bias modification (ABM) as a novel intervention for anxiety. However, research has been largely conducted with adults and analogue samples, leaving the impact of ABM for child anxiety be fully elucidated. Thus, we conducted a double-blind, randomized controlled trial testing ABM efficacy versus an attention control condition (CC) in 31 children diagnosed with anxiety disorder. Youth were assigned to 4 weeks of ABM where attention was trained away from threat, or a sham CC in which no bias training occurred. Findings indicate that significantly more youth in the ABM versus CC group were considered treatment responders post training. The ABM versus CC group also demonstrated a greater decrease in anxiety severity, with this difference being marginally significant. Findings lend support for the potential of ABM in reducing youth anxiety. Further work regarding mechanisms of action is warranted to advance ABM research.

Indexed as

Anxiety DisordersAttentional BiasPsychological TechniquesAdolescentChildCognitive Behavioral TherapyDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMalePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesTreatment OutcomeAnxietyAttention bias modification treatmentChildThreat bias

Identifiers

PMID30051155
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