Computerized Intervention for Interpersonal Stress

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hostility
• Interventions: Behavioral: Online Treatment for Interpersonal Stress; Behavioral: Physical Health Education Tool

• Registration Number: NCT04271111
• Lead Sponsor: Florida State University

Brief Summary

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

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 Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-25
• Study Start: 2019-10-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-12
• Study First Posted: 2020-02-17
• Primary Completion: 2021-02-28
• Study Completion: 2021-02-28
• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 111

Inclusion Criteria

• Increased hostility based on the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Active treatment	Online Treatment for Interpersonal Stress	Computerized intervention aimed at reducing perceived hostility.
Control condition	Physical Health Education Tool	Computerized intervention aimed at increasing overall physical health.

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Secondary Outcome Measures

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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Florida State University; 🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States