Group Exposure Workshops for Socially Anxious Undergraduates
Pilot Trial on the Contribution of Peer Leaders and Self-Compassion to Group Exposure Workshops for Socially Anxious Undergraduates
University of Colorado, Boulder
200 participants
Jun 12, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
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
Inclusion Criteria8
- 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
- Experiencing moderate to high communication anxiety indicated by a PRCA- 24 score ≥ 59
- Open to receiving help for social anxiety or public speaking fears indicated by a help seeking score of ≥ 3 out of 5 (at both screening timepoints as explained below)
- Able to voluntarily consent to participation
- Able to participate fully in the study (including in the in-person group workshops and in survey completion) as assessed by screening questions and the study P
Exclusion Criteria3
- 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
Interventions
Group exposure therapy for social anxiety and public speaking fears.
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.
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.
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.
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NCT06673407