Virginia Commonwealth University Stress Reduction Study
Studienübersicht
Status
Status
Bedingungen
Bedingungen
Intervention / Behandlung
Intervention / Behandlung
Detaillierte Beschreibung
Studientyp
Studientyp
Einschreibung (Tatsächlich)
Einschreibung
Phase
Phase
- Unzutreffend
Kontakte und Standorte
Studienorte
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Virginia
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Richmond, Virginia, Vereinigte Staaten, 23298
- Virginia Commonwealth University
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Teilnahmekriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Studienberechtigtes Alter
Akzeptiert gesunde Freiwillige
Studienberechtigte Geschlechter
Beschreibung
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stable medication regiment for 8 weeks prior to enrollment if taking antidepressant or anxiolytic medications. (will not be advertised but screened)
- Free of major, uncorrected sensory impairments and cognitive deficits
- Free of a certain psychiatric disorders or history thereof; specifically, a new diagnosis of a (non-acute) medical or psychiatric condition within the last 3 months, report a hospitalization over the last 3 months, report current drug abuse (e.g., recreational drug use, alcohol intake in excess of 2 drinks per day).
- Adults aged 18 - 55 years of age
- Right hand dominant (will not be advertised but screened)
- Personal SmartPhone (Android or iOS operating systems).
- Naive to meditation practice (will not be advertised but screened)
- At least a moderate level of perceived stress (scale score > 5 on the 4-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; reflects above-average perceived stress)
Exclusion Criteria:
- left-handed
- are unwilling or unable to complete study assessments or treatments
- report a new diagnosis of a (non-acute) medical or psychiatric condition within the last 3 months
- report a hospitalization over the last 3 months
- report current drug abuse (e.g., recreational drug use, smoke more than � pack per day, alcohol intake in excess of 2 drinks per day)
- are prisoners
- no personal SmartPhone (Android or iOS operating systems)
Studienplan
Wie ist die Studie aufgebaut?
Designdetails
- Hauptzweck: Grundlegende Wissenschaft
- Zuteilung: Zufällig
- Interventionsmodell: Parallele Zuordnung
- Maskierung: Doppelt
Anzahl der Arme
Waffen und Interventionen
Teilnehmergruppe / ArmTeilnehmergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlungIntervention / Behandlung |
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Experimental: Achtsamkeit
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Participants will listen to 20-minute lessons each day for 14 days plus complete brief (3 to 10 minute) exercises daily via their personal smartphone.
Each course will involve mental exercises to reduce stress in daily life, along with direct instruction from the course leader to help in learning and applying the stress reduction techniques.
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Aktiver Komparator: Cognitive reappraisal
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Participants will listen to 20-minute lessons each day for 14 days plus complete brief (3 to 10 minute) exercises daily via their personal smartphone.
Each course will involve mental exercises to reduce stress in daily life, along with direct instruction from the course leader to help in learning and applying the stress reduction techniques.
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Was misst die Studie?
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hemodynamic signal change
Zeitfenster: Baseline and 16 weeks
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Proportion of participants who show a statistically significant change in regional specificity, as measured by fNIRS-recorded blood oxygenation representing markers of emotion reactivity and regulation during observation of video stimuli.
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Baseline and 16 weeks
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Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Change in anger response
Zeitfenster: Baseline and 16 weeks
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The Anger subscale of the Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ) will be used to assess s the extent to which participants experience specific emotions on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 7 (an extreme amount) in response to video stimuli.
Lower scores indicate less anger and more emotion downregulation.
Higher scores would indicate more anger and less emotion downregulation.
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Baseline and 16 weeks
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Change in disgust response
Zeitfenster: Baseline and 16 weeks
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The Disgust subscale of the Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ) will be used to assess the extent to which participants experience specific emotions on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 7 (an extreme amount) in response to video stimuli.
Lower scores indicate less disgust and more emotion downregulation.
Higher scores would indicate more disgust and less emotion downregulation.
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Baseline and 16 weeks
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Change in fear response
Zeitfenster: Baseline and 16 weeks
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The Fear subscale of the Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ) will be used to assess the extent to which participants experience specific emotions on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 7 (an extreme amount) in response to video stimuli.
Lower scores indicate less fear and more emotion downregulation.
Higher scores would indicate more fear and less emotion downregulation.
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Baseline and 16 weeks
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Change in anxiety response
Zeitfenster: Baseline and 16 weeks
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The Anxiety subscale of the Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ) will be used to assess the extent to which participants experience specific emotions on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 7 (an extreme amount) in response to video stimuli.
Lower scores indicate less anxiety and more emotion downregulation.
Higher scores would indicate more anxiety and less emotion downregulation.
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Baseline and 16 weeks
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Change in sadness response
Zeitfenster: Baseline and 16 weeks
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The Sadness subscale of the Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ) will be used to assess the extent to which participants experience specific emotions on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 7 (an extreme amount) in response to video stimuli.
Lower scores indicate less sadness and more emotion downregulation.
Higher scores would indicate more sadness and less emotion downregulation.
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Baseline and 16 weeks
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Change in intergroup attitudes
Zeitfenster: Baseline and 16 weeks
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The Beliefs about Groups survey will be used to assess explicit intergroup attitudes.
Participants answer 4 questions using a scale from 1 to 6. Higher scores indicate poorer attitude outcomes.
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Baseline and 16 weeks
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Behavioral willingness to participate in a dyad-based future experiment
Zeitfenster: 16 weeks
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Number of participants who express willingness to participate in a dyad-based future experiment using a scale from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate greater willingness or preference to participate.
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16 weeks
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Mitarbeiter und Ermittler
Sponsor
Sponsor
Mitarbeiter
Mitarbeiter
Ermittler
Ermittler
- Hauptermittler: Hadley Rahrig, M.S., Virginia Commonwealth University
Studienaufzeichnungsdaten
Haupttermine studieren
Studienbeginn (Tatsächlich)
Studienbeginn
Primärer Abschluss (Tatsächlich)
Primärer Abschluss
Studienabschluss (Tatsächlich)
Studienabschluss
Studienanmeldedaten
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst gepostet (Tatsächlich)
Zuerst gepostet
Studienaufzeichnungsaktualisierungen
Letztes Update gepostet (Tatsächlich)
Letztes Update gepostet
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Zuletzt verifiziert
Zuletzt verifiziert
Mehr Informationen
Begriffe im Zusammenhang mit dieser Studie
Schlüsselwörter
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
- HM20015897
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