PMID- 30661553 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190501 LR - 20231005 IS - 1878-1888 (Electronic) IS - 0005-7894 (Print) IS - 0005-7894 (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Jan TI - Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Adolescents With Social Anxiety Disorder. PG - 126-139 LID - S0005-7894(18)30056-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.beth.2018.04.002 [doi] AB - Social anxiety disorder (SAD) tends to emerge during the early teenage years and is particularly refractory to change even when standard evidence-based CBT treatments are delivered. Efforts have been made to develop novel, mechanistic-driven interventions for this disorder. In the present study, we examined Attention Bias Modification Treatment (ABMT) for youth with SAD. Participants were 58 adolescents (mean age = 14.29 years) who met diagnostic criteria for SAD and who were randomized to ABMT or a placebo control condition, Attention Control Training (ACT). We predicted that ABMT would result in greater changes in both threat biases and social anxiety symptoms. We also explored potential moderators of change including the severity of social anxiety symptoms, the level of threat bias at pretreatment, and the degree of temperament-defined attention control. Contrary to our hypotheses, changes in attention bias were not observed in either condition, changes in social anxiety symptoms and diagnosis were small, and significant differences were not observed between the ABMT and ACT conditions. Little support for the proposed moderators was obtained. Reasons for our failure to find support for ABMT and its potential moderators are explored and recommendations for changes in the ABMT paradigm are suggested. CI - Copyright (c) 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Ollendick, Thomas H AU - Ollendick TH AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - White, Susan W AU - White SW AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - Richey, John AU - Richey J AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - Kim-Spoon, Jungmeen AU - Kim-Spoon J AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - Ryan, Sarah M AU - Ryan SM AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - Wieckowski, Andrea Trubanova AU - Wieckowski AT AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - Coffman, Marika C AU - Coffman MC AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - Elias, Rebecca AU - Elias R AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - Strege, Marlene V AU - Strege MV AD - Virginia Tech. FAU - Capriola-Hall, Nicole N AU - Capriola-Hall NN AD - Virginia Tech. Electronic address: cnicole@vt.edul. FAU - Smith, Maria AU - Smith M AD - Virginia Tech. LA - eng GR - R34 MH096915/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180417 PL - England TA - Behav Ther JT - Behavior therapy JID - 1251640 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adolescent Behavior/physiology/*psychology MH - Anxiety/diagnosis/psychology/therapy MH - *Attentional Bias/physiology MH - Behavior Therapy/*methods MH - Child MH - Fear/physiology/psychology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Phobia, Social/diagnosis/*psychology/*therapy MH - Photic Stimulation/methods MH - Temperament/physiology MH - Treatment Outcome PMC - PMC6347411 MID - NIHMS961009 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adolescents OT - attention bias modification training OT - dot probe OT - social anxiety disorder EDAT- 2019/01/22 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/02 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2019/01/22 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/04/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/04/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0005-7894(18)30056-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.beth.2018.04.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Ther. 2019 Jan;50(1):126-139. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2018.04.002. Epub 2018 Apr 17.