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The Efficacy of Prospective Mental Imagery in Enhancing Approach Motivation Among Socially Anxious Individuals

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Philipps University Marburg
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorPhilipps University Marburg
Started2025-03-04
Est. completion2026-01
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT06977087

Summary

The efficacy of an online intervention aimed at enhancing approach motivation and behavioral engagement in confronting anxiety-inducing social situations is examined among individuals with elevated social anxiety. Participants will receive psychoeducation, followed by either a prospective mental-imagery task or a verbal reasoning task. Efficacy of the intervention is measured by ratings of experienced and anticipated pleasure, approach motivation and self-reported engagement with feared situations one week later.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Elevated score on Mini-Social Phobia Inventory (Mini-SPIN) \> 6
* Moderate fear and avoidance of two specified social situations (i.e., giving a stranger a compliment and asking for a restaurant recommendation), each rated above 5 on a Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 10 (extremely), respectively
* Avoidance of the two specified social situations (i.e., giving a stranger a compliment and asking for a restaurant recommendation), indicated by not having engaged in either behaviors in the past 7 days

Conditions3

AnxietySocial AnxietySocial Phobia

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