Attention Control Training for PTSD in Children
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Participants will complete a pre and post training psychological assessment. Participants will be assigned to attention control training or the comparison stimuli computer task in a double-blind randomized control trial design. Both computerized dot probe tasks display two faces on a computer screen, one above the other, followed by a small right or left arrow appearing in the location vacated by one of the faces. Participants are required to respond as quickly as they can by pressing the indicated right or left arrow on their computer keyboard without compromising accuracy. Participants complete 6 training sessions.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Attention Control Training 6 sessions in the clinic lasting approximately 10 minutes each. Each session will consist of 128 presentations of pairs of neutral and threatening stimuli, followed by the presentation of a response cue (right or left arrow to be clicked on a computer keyboard). |
Behavioral: Attention Control Training
Attention control training teaches participants that the emotional salience of cues (i.e., threatening or neutral) is not related to successful completion of the computerized response task, and thus, teaches participants to ignore irrelevant threat-related contingencies (Badura-Brack et al., 2015).
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Placebo Comparator: Comparison Task 6 sessions in the clinic of a presumably inactive neutral-neutral stimuli intervention lasting approximately 10 minutes each. • Each session will consist of 128 presentations of pairs of faces, followed by the presentation of a response cue (right or left arrow to be clicked on a computer keyboard). |
Behavioral: Comparison Task
Neutral- neutral stimuli prior to response task
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Change in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms from pre to post test [10 minute long administration, given twice to measure change scores from pre and post training approximately 1 month apart]
PTSD self-report questionnaire
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- significant symptoms of PTSD and qualifying traumatic event
Exclusion Criteria:
- new traumatic event within one month of beginning the trial
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Creighton Univeristy | Omaha | Nebraska | United States | 68178 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Creighton University
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- 1123267