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Prevention of childhood anxiety disorders: A comparison of the effects of child cognitive-behaviour intervention, parental cognitive-behaviour intervention, and no intervention in a Dutch community sample of at-risk children

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The present project aims to develop and evaluate interventions to prevent childhood anxiety disorders (AD) in children "at risk" for developing AD. The effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral (CBT) intervention for parents will be compared with a CBT intervention for children and with no intervention (natural course) in at risk children. It is expected that the parent intervention is superior to the child intervention, in case the parents are anxious. In the at risk no intervention group, it is tested whether parental anxiety is a risk factor for child AD to develop. Furthermore, the cost-effectiveness of the screening, of intervention versus no intervention, and of the parent- versus child-based intervention is evaluated. The effectiveness of the screening to detect at risk children will be investigated, by comparing the natural course of at risk children with the natural course of not at risk children. Based on a screening for anxiety symptoms of 3000 children aged 8-12, 156 at risk children will be selected and 52 not at risk children. The at risk children are randomly assigned to either the parent intervention (n=52), the child intervention (n=52), or no intervention (n=35). The not at risk children receive no intervention. All children are followed for 2 years, assessments take place before and after the intervention, six months, 1 year and 2 years after the intervention. The primary outcome parameter is the number of children who do not develop AD.

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Projectnummer:
22000138
Looptijd: 100%
Looptijd: 100 %
2003
2009
Onderdeel van programma:
Projectleider en penvoerder:
Prof. dr. S.M. Bögels
Verantwoordelijke organisatie:
Universiteit van Amsterdam