Computerized Intervention for Interpersonal Stress
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hostility
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
- Enrollment
- 111
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Brittany Mathes
Graduate Student
Florida State University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Increased hostility based on the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- Changes in Perceived Stigma and Barriers to Care for Psychological Treatment(Baseline, one hour, one week, one month)
- Changes in Self Stigma of Seeking Help(Baseline, one hour, one week, one month)