Exposure Therapy Consortium (ETC) for Anxiety Sensitivity

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

399

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 1, 2022

Primary Completion Date

July 1, 2024

Study Completion Date

July 1, 2024

Conditions
Elevated Anxiety Sensitivity
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Standard Exposure

The standard intervention will include an orientation and psychoeducation phase, an exposure practice phase consisting five repeated trials per each of the three exposure exercises, and a post-exposure exercise. The post-exposure exercise will involve completing a set of questions regarding the exercises and the group experience.

BEHAVIORAL

Stress Management Training

Stress management training (SMT) is designed to help people better cope with feelings of anxiety that accompany high levels of anxiety sensitivity. SMT will involve group instruction in healthy ways to experience and cope with stress whenever difficult situations arise. Participants will teach participants ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle, targeting things like nutrition, exercise, and sleep hygiene. This intervention will also involve progressive muscle relaxation training.

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Exposure

The enhanced intervention will include an orientation and psychoeducation phase, an exposure practice phase consisting five repeated trials per each of the three exposure exercises, and a processing exercise. The post-processing exercise will involve completing a set of questions that will highlight harm expectancy violations.

Trial Locations (12)

33146

The University of Miami, Miami

38677

The University of Mississippi, Oxford

78712

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin

80309

The University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder

02215

Boston University, Boston

Unknown

University of New South Wales, Kensington

Curtin University, Perth

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum

Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden

University of Göttingen, Göttingen

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

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University of Colorado, Boulder

OTHER

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University of Miami

OTHER

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University of Mississippi, Oxford

OTHER

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Ruhr University of Bochum

OTHER

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Boston University

OTHER

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Fordham University

OTHER

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The University of New South Wales

OTHER

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Southern Methodist University

OTHER

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Institute of Behavioral-Therapy and -Medicine at the Philipps University Marburg

OTHER

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Technische Universität Dresden

OTHER

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Curtin University

OTHER

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem

OTHER

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University of Göttingen

OTHER

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University of Texas at Austin

OTHER