Brief, Remote Treatment of Youth Injection Phobia and Measurement of Novel, Disorder-congruent Cognitive Bias Tasks

This study is investigating the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of a brief, remote treatment for youth injection phobia. It will also be examining the acceptability, feasibility, and initial psychometric properties of three cognitive bias measures adapted or newly developed for youth injection fear.

Inclusion Criteria: * A clinical diagnosis of specific phobia- blood, injection-injury subtype * Age between 8 and 16 * Spoken and reading fluency in English * Third grade reading ability * Parental availability to participate in treatment study sessions * Parental spoken and reading fluency in English. Exclusion Criteria: * A comorbid, previously assigned diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) OR significant parental endorsement of inattentiveness, hyperactivity, prolonged depressed mood, or pervasive generalized worries that are interfering with the child's life at the phone screen level * A diagnosed learning disorder in reading or information processing * Parent-reported child unwillingness or lack of ability to participate in cognitive bias tasks (e.g., looking at needle or injection-related imagery, reading basic stories about needles or blood draws) * Previous and/or concurrent participation in CBT-based, exposure therapy for the fear of injections.