Reward Sensitivity and Stress Vulnerability: A pilot study.
- Conditions
- Reward sensitivity.Stress vulnerability.Healthy volunteers.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28401
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged between 18 – 35;
2. Sufficient command of the Dutch language to understand and give informed consent;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Current Axis I diagnosis of psychiatric disorder or personality disorder;
2. Current alcohol or substance abuse;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method In the reward-learning paradigm, the main study parameter is the performance on the computerized task as measured by percentage correct choices of the rewarding stimulus relative to the losing stimuli. <br /><br>In both the ostracism and the social stress paradigms, the main study parameter is the change in stress scores endorsed by the participants on behavioural questionnaires, as a function of exposure to stressful stimuli. A parallel study parameter is the change in salivary cortisol concentrations as a function of exposure to the stress manipulation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method An additional study parameter is the change of stress scores from baseline (baseline) to multiple endpoints (immediately post-study, few hours post-study, the next day, etc) within each individual subject.