Computerized Intervention for Interpersonal Stress

This study assesses whether a computerized intervention can be used to decrease perceived hostility in hostile individuals.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hostility
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Online Treatment for Interpersonal Stress; Behavioral: Physical Health Education Tool

Detailed Description

This study will investigate whether a brief computerized intervention can decrease perceived hostility of interpersonal situations. Participants will be randomized into an active treatment or control condition. We hypothesize that participants in the treatment condition will have lower perceived hostility at post treatment than those in the waitlist condition.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 111
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 32304
      • Florida State University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Increased hostility based on the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Active treatment; Computerized intervention aimed at reducing perceived hostility.	Behavioral: Online Treatment for Interpersonal Stress; Intervention designed to build social support and reduce loneliness by giving participants skills to strengthen their relationships
Active Comparator: Control condition; Computerized intervention aimed at increasing overall physical health.	Behavioral: Physical Health Education Tool; Intervention designed to improve physical health through exercise, eating habits, and sleep

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in Cook Medley Hostility Inventory	Self-report measure assessing hostility using a true/false scale with higher scores indicating higher levels of hostility.	Baseline, one hour, one week, one month
Changes in Word Sentence Association Paradigm-Hostility	Self-report measure assessing hostility using a 6-point scale with higher scores indicating higher levels of hostile interpretation bias.	Baseline, one hour, one week, one month
Changes in Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test	Self-report measure assessing symptoms of alcohol use disorder with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms.	Baseline, one hour, one week, one month
Changes in Drinking Motives Questionnaires	Self-report measure assessing motives for drinking, including social, recreational, and coping. Higher scores indicate greater likelihood of drinking for each motive.	Baseline, one hour, one week, one month
Changes in alcohol use	Participants will provide the number of standard drinks of alcohol they drank each day in the past month.	Baseline, one hour, one week, one month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in Self Stigma of Seeking Help	Self-report measure assessing stigma associated with seeking help for psychological problems. Higher scores indicate greater negative attitudes toward psychosocial treatment.	Baseline, one hour, one week, one month
Changes in Perceived Stigma and Barriers to Care for Psychological Treatment	Self-report measure assessing stigma associated with seeking help for psychological problems. Higher scores indicate greater negative attitudes toward psychosocial treatment.	Baseline, one hour, one week, one month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Florida State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 10, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 28, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): February 28, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 25, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 12, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 17, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 9, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 6, 2021
• Last Verified: August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2018.26213

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No