Attention Control Training for PTSD in Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: PTSD

In brief

Participants will complete a pre and post training psychological assessment. Participants will be assigned to attention control training or the comparison stimuli computer task in a double-blind randomized control trial design. Both computerized dot probe tasks display two faces on a computer screen, one above the other, followed by a small right or left arrow appearing in the location vacated by one of the faces. Participants are required to respond as quickly as they can by pressing the indicated right or left arrow on their computer keyboard without compromising accuracy. Participants complete 6 training sessions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03348540

Run by

Creighton University

People needed

89

Starts

2017-11-20

Expected to finish

2023-11-20

Last updated by the study team

2024-02-08

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• significant symptoms of PTSD and qualifying traumatic event

You may not qualify if…

• new traumatic event within one month of beginning the trial

Where it is running

• Creighton Univeristy — Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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