Understanding Reactions to Emotional Material in the Media During COVID-19 and the Connections to Cognitive Activities
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 74
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Number of intrusive memories related to the trauma film
研究概览
简要总结
This feasibility study aims to adapt a protocol usually run in the laboratory in the Psychology Department for healthy participants (including the trauma film paradigm (James et al., 2016) and a simple cognitive task intervention) to remote (online) delivery. The motivation for this was restrictions to running in person laboratory experiments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants will view film footage with COVID-19 related and potentially traumatic content (e.g. of seriously ill or dying patients in hospitals). Following film viewing, participants will be randomly allocated to either the experimental condition (simple cognitive task intervention, i.e. a memory cue followed by playing the computer game "Tetris" with mental rotation instructions) or the control condition (attention placebo, i.e., a memory cue followed by listening to a podcast for a similar duration). Any intrusive memories induced by the film (analogue trauma) will be monitored in a daily diary. It is predicted that the film (analogue trauma) will generate intrusive memories. If intrusive memories are generated, then it is predicted that participants in the experimental condition will report fewer intrusive memories related to the film (analogue trauma) during the following week than participants in the control condition.
The development of this paradigm may inform the future development of a simple technique to prevent intrusive memories e.g. after repeated media consumption related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
详细描述
This is a between-groups experimental study with healthy participants informed by prior laboratory work. It includes two sessions and a seven-day daily diary in between sessions. In this feasibility study, for the first time all study procedures will be delivered remotely rather than in a laboratory because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary outcome is the number of intrusive memories related to the film (analogue trauma) recorded in a daily electronic diary during the following week (week 1).
The first aim is to investigate if the film (analogue trauma) will generate intrusive memories. The second aim is, if intrusive memories are generated, to investigate if participants in the experimental condition will report fewer intrusive memories of the film (analogue trauma) than participants in the control condition.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Aged 18-65
- •Fluent in spoken and written Swedish
- •Willing to watch a video containing emotional, distressing footage
- •Have access to an internet enabled smartphone/computer
排除标准
- •Have participated in a study in which similar stimuli were used
- •Currently receiving treatment for a mental health problem (e.g. depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction), including psychological therapy, counselling or medication
- •Neurological illness (e.g., epilepsy)
- •Planning to undertake a stress-inducing examination (e.g. university examination or driving test) during the week of study participation.
结局指标
主要结局
Number of intrusive memories related to the trauma film
时间窗: Week 1
Number of intrusive memories related to the trauma film recorded by participants in a brief diary daily for 7 days.
次要结局
- Time perspective questionnaire(Week 1 follow-up)
- Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R): Degree of subjective distress of post-film intrusions(Week 1 follow-up)
- Future self questionnaire(Week 1 follow-up)
- Characteristics of intrusive trauma memories related to the trauma film(Week 1)
- Self-rated functioning associated with intrusive memories(Week 1 follow-up)
- Behavior Change Questionnaire(Week 1 follow-up)
- Future Expectancy Scale(Week 1 follow-up)
- Intrusion questionnaire(Week 1 follow-up)
- Self-rated concentration disruption associated with intrusive memories(Week 1 follow-up)
- Self-rated sleep ratings(Week 1 follow-up)
- Verbal recognition memory test(Week 1 follow-up)
- Visual recognition memory test(Week 1 follow-up)
- Intrusion provocation task (IPT)(Week 1 follow-up)
研究者
Emily Holmes
Professor
Uppsala University