Study on Self-Distancing for child phobias withdrawn before starting

This study was designed to test whether a technique called self-distancing—where children refer to themselves in the third person (e.g., 'Emily can touch the spider')—helps them approach feared objects more than using first-person self-talk ('I can touch the spider'). The trial planned to enroll children aged 7 to 12 with spider phobia and measure how close they could get to a spider before and after a single therapy session. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available.