Table 1.
Means (and standard deviations) of age (in years), gender distribution (% female), pre- and post-ABMT social anxiety symptom severity and threat bias scores (in ms) for the ACT and ABMT conditions in youth and adult patients. Symptom severity was assessed using the SPAI-C (youth) or the SPIN (adults).
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| Group | n | %female | Age | Symptom severity | Threat bias | Symptom severity | Threat bias |
| Youth |
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| ACT | 31 | 48% | 12.2 (3.2) | 54.2 (28.2) | −11.8 (43.6) | 40.2 (25.8) | 8.9 (20.5) |
| ABMT | 28 | 46% | 12.7 (3.2) | 61.5 (22.4) | 3.3 (39.4) | 48.0 (22.1) | 10.0 (36.5) |
| Total | 59 | 47% | 12.4 (3.1) | 57.6 (25.6) | −4.6 (42.0) | 43.8 (24.3) | 9.4 (28.9) |
| Adults |
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| ACT | 20 | 55% | 32.3 (7.4) | 43.5 (8.2) | 7.8 (37.9) | 35.3 (11.0) | 1.8 (16.0) |
| ABMT | 20 | 25% | 31.3 (8.9) | 48.0 (10.9) | 5.2 (22.2) | 30.9 (11.4) | 2.9 (17.2) |
| Total | 40 | 40% | 31.8 (8.1) | 45.8 (9.8) | 6.5 (30.7) | 33.1 (11.3) | 2.3 (16.4) |
Note: SAD=Social Anxiety Disorder; ABMT=Attention Bias Modification Treatment; ACT=Attention Control Training; SPAI-C=Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children; SPIN=Social Phobia Inventory.