Computerized Interventions for College Students' Cognitive Functioning and Mental Well-being

July 15, 2015 updated by: Amit Etkin, Stanford University
The present study will explore the effectiveness of a computer based neurobehavioral intervention in improving cognition and emotion regulation in a college freshmen population. It will increase understanding of emotion-regulation and cognition at a neural-circuit level and aid development of new interventions for emotion regulatory problems.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

38

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Stanford, California, United States, 94305
        • Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 30 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • internet access

Exclusion Criteria:

  • lifetime psychotic disorder,
  • past-year substance dependence

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Neurobehavioral computerized tasks
Participants will log into a personalized website and engage in computerized tasks online.
Behavioral: Computerized Neurobehavioral Intervention
Targeted, computerized interventions completed from the participants' own home on a computer.
Active Comparator: Engaging computerized tasks
Participants will log into a personalized website and engage in computerized tasks online.
Behavioral: Computerized Neurobehavioral Intervention
Targeted, computerized interventions completed from the participants' own home on a computer.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Emotion-regulation - behavioral and fMRI
Time Frame: 3-month
3-month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Cognition - executive function behavioral reaction time
Time Frame: 3-month
3-month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Stanford University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Anett Gyurak, PhD, Stanford University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 24, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 26, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

September 27, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 17, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 15, 2015

Last Verified

July 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB-24519

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