A brief group cognitive-behavioral intervention for social phobia in childhood
Abstract
Twenty-three preadolescent children (ages 8-11) meeting criteria for social phobia were randomly assigned to either a 3-week cognitive-behavioral group intervention or a wait-list control group. The intervention consisted of psychoeducation, cognitive strategies, and behavioral exposure. Outcome measures included diagnostic interview as well as parent and child report measures of anxiety and depression. Improvements were observed at posttest, with results stronger for parent report and interviewer ratings than for child self-report. At 3-week follow-up, children receiving the intervention demonstrated significant improvements on the majority of child, parent, and interviewer reports of social anxiety and related symptoms relative to wait-list participants. Preliminary support is provided for the utility of a brief intervention for preadolescent children with social phobia. Limitations and implications for future research are discussed.
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Previous research has demonstrated that brief treatments of three to five sessions can lead to drastic improvements in panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and GAD.
“Previous research has demonstrated that brief treatments consisting of as little as three to five sessions can lead to drastic improvements in several anxiety disorders including panic disorder (Clark et al., 1999;Otto et al., 2012), social anxiety disorder (Gallagher et al., 2004), and GAD (Hunot et al., 2007).”
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- Authors
- Gallagher, H. M., Rabian, B. A., & McCloskey, M. S.
- Affiliations
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Corresponding author
- McCloskey, Michael S
- ORCID
- McCloskey, Michael S
- Venue
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 459-479
- ISSN
- 0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1983533501
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 4.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Keywords
- social anxiety disorder, group cognitive behavioral therapy, brief psychotherapy, preadolescents, psychoeducation, cognitive strategies, parent report, child self-report, anxiety, depression
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Child, Depression, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Phobic Disorders, Psychotherapy, Brief, Psychotherapy, Group, Surveys and Questionnaires, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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