SynthesisBehavioural and cognitive psychotherapy2021
Are young people with primary social anxiety disorder less likely to recover following generic CBT compared to young people with other primary anxiety disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Effectiveness of interventions for anxiety and depression in children and young people: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of social anxiety on threat acquisition and extinction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PeerJ · 2024Pooled it
- Does Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders Improve Social Functioning and Peer Relationships?Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Pooled it
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- Physical Activity as a Treatment for Social Anxiety in Clinical and Non-clinical Populations: A Systematic Review and Three Meta-Analyses for Different Study Designs.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of Disorder-Specific Group CBT and Generic Group CBT in Treating Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Trial
- A quasi-randomised pilot study on the efficacy and perceived usefulness of adding chemosignals to mindfulness practice for women with social anxiety.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Behavioral Inhibition and Social Anxiety Disorder as Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Trial
- Predictors and Moderators of Treatment Outcomes for Anxious Children Randomized to Computer-Assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Standard Community Care.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2023Trial
- Internet-delivered therapist-assisted cognitive therapy for adolescent social anxiety disorder (OSCA): a randomised controlled trial addressing preliminary efficacy and mechanisms of action.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Trial
- Evaluating the efficacy of psychological therapies for generalised anxiety disorder in children and adolescents: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Predictors of Change in Treatment Response to Group-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Who Benefits Most? Predictors of Treatment Response in Group Interventions for Children's Emotional Disorders.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Adolescent social anxiety is associated with diminished discrimination of anticipated threat and safety in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- Physical activity and social anxiety symptoms among Chinese college students: a serial mediation model of psychological resilience and sleep problems.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Assessing Visual Avoidance of Faces During Real-Life Social Stress in Children with Social Anxiety Disorder: A Mobile Eye-Tracking Study.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Research Review: The internalizing paradox - youth anxiety and depression symptoms, psychotherapy outcomes, and implications for research and practice.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Review
- Cognitive and behavioural processes in adolescents with social anxiety disorder.Behaviour research and therapy · 2023Article
- The Effects of Repeated Attachment Security Priming on Social Anxiety and Attention Bias: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- In the moment social experiences and perceptions of children with social anxiety disorder: A qualitative study.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocial anxiety disorder (SoAD) in youth is often treated with a generic form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Some studies have suggested that primary SoAD is associated with lower recovery rates following generic CBT compared with other anxiety disorders.
aimsThis systematic review and meta-analysis investigated recovery rates following generic CBT for youth with primary SoAD versus other primary anxiety disorders.
methodFive databases (PsycINFO, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Medline) were searched for randomised controlled trials of generic CBT for child and/or adolescent anxiety.
resultsTen trials met criteria for inclusion in the systematic review, six of which presented sufficient data for inclusion in the meta-analysis. Sixty-seven did not report data on recovery rates relative to primary diagnosis. While most individual studies included in the systematic review were not sufficiently powered to detect a difference in recovery rates between diagnoses, there was a pattern of lower recovery rates for youth with primary SoAD. Across the trials included in the meta-analysis, the post-CBT recovery rate from primary SoAD (35%) was significantly lower than the recovery rate from other primary anxiety disorders (54%).
conclusionsRecovery from primary SoAD is significantly less likely than recovery from any other primary anxiety disorder following generic CBT in youth. This suggests a need for research to enhance the efficacy of CBT for youth SoAD.
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