Imagery Rescripting Based on the Sage Figure in Chinese Culture: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Alleviating Social Anxiety in Adolescents.

INTERVENTION: The Arntz Imagery Rescripting Group:The Arntz Imagery Rescripting Group guided students through a three‐stage imagery rescripting procedure based on the Arntz and Weertman three‐stage technique, the Alice R. Imagery Intervention Protocol, and the Susanna Gehring Reimer Imagery Intervention Protocol.;The Chinese‐Culture‐based Sage‐Imagery Rescripting Group:The Sage‐Imagery Rescripting Group guided students through a three‐stage imagery rescripting procedure based on the sage imagery from Chinese culture.;Waitlist Control Group:The Waitlist Control Group did not receive any intervention during the study period. After the study concluded, participants who wished to continue receiving psychological support were offered supplementary intervention.; CONDITION: Social Anxiety PRIMARY OUTCOME: Social Avoidance and Distress Scale(SADS);The Social Phobia Inventory(SPIN); SECONDARY OUTCOME: Impact of Events Scale ‐ Revised (IES‐vR);Chinese version of the 10‐item Connor‐Davidson Resilience Scale (CD‐RISC10);Negative Self Portrayal Scale(NSPS);Negative Mental Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ‐N);Perceived Emotional Impact Rating of Autobiographical Memory; INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Age: 6 ‐ 20 years old; 2. Voluntarily participated in this study. 3. Score on the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale is higher than 7 points. 4. Score on the Social Phobia Scale is higher than 22 points.