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Brief Interpretation Bias Modification for Social Anxiety Disorder in Pakistani Young Adults: An Experimental Evaluation
Sponsor: Ather Mujitaba
Summary
This randomized, single-blind trial tests whether one session of interpretation bias modification reduces immediate social-evaluative anxiety and shifts interpretation bias in Pakistani university students aged 18 to 25 years with elevated social anxiety. Participants are assigned to either feedback-contingent interpretation bias modification or a structurally matched interpretation control condition. Primary and secondary outcomes are assessed before and after the intervention session using short-form state-trait anxiety measures and Word-Sentence Association Paradigm endorsement indices.
Official title: Efficacy of Cognitive Bias Modification Itervention in Young Adult With Social Anxiety
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 25 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
130
Start Date
2026-02
Completion Date
2026-04
Last Updated
2026-02-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
WSAP-based interpretation bias modification
Single-session Word-Sentence Association Paradigm training with performance-contingent feedback across 220 trials in two 110-trial blocks; each block includes 70 social ambiguity trials and 40 non-social fillers. Correct feedback follows benign endorsement or threat rejection; incorrect feedback follows threat endorsement or benign rejection.
WSAP interpretation control condition
Matched Word-Sentence Association Paradigm exposure with identical stimulus timing and response demands, feedback delivered on 50 percent of trials without contingency favoring benign over threat interpretations.
Locations (1)
University of Gujrat
Dhok Gujra, Punjab Province, Pakistan