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Group Exposure Workshops for Socially Anxious Undergraduates

ConditionsSocial Anxiety DisorderPublic Speaking FearPublic Speaking AnxietySocial Fear
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-30
SponsorUniversity of Colorado, Boulder

About this trial

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of four versions of a workshop for social anxiety and public speaking stress. All participants are current University of Colorado Boulder undergraduate students. Participation in this research study lasts for approximately 8 weeks, and includes a pre-workshop questionnaire, 3 weekly workshop sessions (ranging from 2 to 3 hours each, including a 5-minute post-session questionnaire), a post-workshop questionnaire, and a 1-month follow-up questionnaire.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age = 18-30

Able to read and write fluently in English

Current undergraduate students at CU

Experiencing elevated social anxiety symptoms indicated by a SPIN score ≥ 19

Disqualifiers

Are currently experiencing moderately severe or severe depression represented by the validated cutoff score for major depression on the PHQ-8 of greater than 14 (Kroenke et al., 2001)

Score in the moderate-high range for suicide risk as indicated by the CSSRS (Salvi, 2019), report a suicide attempt in the past 12 months, or report current, ongoing suicidal ideation along with a past (lifetime) suicide attempt

Are current students of the PI or clients or current students of the doctoral student co-facilitators

Trial design

Design model

Factorial

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Group Exposure for Social Anxiety

    Behavioral

    Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears.

  • Self-Compassion Enhanced Group Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety

    Behavioral

    Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears plus piloted exercises from the investigators' previous studies among socially anxious undergraduates (Slivjak et al., 2022; Slivjak \& Arch, in preparation), refined during the investigators' quality improvement project, that are designed to enhance compassion.

  • Peer-Enhanced Group Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety

    Behavioral

    Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears facilitated by a pair of doctoral student and undergraduate student co-facilitators who explicitly use appropriate self-disclosure to establish the co-facilitators as individuals with lived experiences of social anxiety and public speaking fears.

  • Peer and Self-Compassion Enhanced Group Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety

    Behavioral

    Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears plus piloted exercises from the investigators' previous studies among socially anxious undergraduates (Slivjak et al., 2022; Slivjak \& Arch, in preparation), refined during the investigators' quality improvement project, that are designed to enhance compassion. These groups are facilitated by a pair of doctoral student and undergraduate student co-facilitators who explicitly use appropriate self-disclosure to establish the co-facilitators as individuals with lived experiences of social anxiety and public speaking fears.

Treatment groups

200 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups
Group A: Exposure OnlyActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Compassion EnhancedExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: Peer enhancedExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group D: Fully enhancedExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Attendance rate

Average number of workshop sessions attended by enrolled research participants.

Time frame
3 weeks during the intervention (workshops 1, 2, and 3, 1 week apart)
2

Enrollment rate

Ratio of screened, eligible participants who enrolled in the study.

Time frame
Pre-intervention (from screening to enrollment)
3

Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)

Workshop satisfaction rating, Range = 1 - 5, Higher scores indicate better outcome (greater acceptability)

Time frame
48 hours after the final intervention session and 1-month follow-up
4

Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8)

Satisfaction with workshops, Range = 8 - 32, Higher scores indicate better outcome (greater satisfaction)

Time frame
48 hours after the final intervention session and 1-month follow-up

Secondary outcomes

1

Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24)

Measure of trait communication and public speaking anxiety, Range = 24 - 120, Higher scores indicate worse outcome (greater communication apprehension)

Time frame
48 hours after the final intervention session and 1-month follow-up
2

Fidelity

Percentage of content checklist items covered during in-person workshops.

Time frame
3 weeks during the intervention (workshops 1, 2, and 3, 1 week apart)
3

Contamination

Percentage of content specific to other conditions covered in each randomized condition.

Time frame
3 weeks during the intervention (workshops 1, 2, and 3, 1 week apart)
4

Study Burden

Rating of study burden.

Time frame
48 hours after the final intervention session and 1-month follow-up

Other outcomes

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University of Colorado, Boulder

Lead sponsor

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