Neurocognitive Predictors of Health Risk Behaviors
- Conditions
- Substance Use
- Registration Number
- NCT06941181
- Brief Summary
This study proposes to extend the ongoing longitudinal study of health risk behaviors and obtain new data from former adolescents (followed previously from ages 13-22; Times 1-8) now from ages 23 to 28 (Times 9-11). The goal of this study is to examine the contribution of developing neurocognitive markers to substance use in young adulthood by following a well-characterized longitudinal sample.
- Detailed Description
The main questions it aims to answer is: what are the long-term effects of valuation and control decision-making systems on health risk behaviors? Participants will complete online surveys assessing their substance use behaviors and perform neurocognitive tasks related to risk processing and cognitive control across three time points.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 117
- Adolescents (now young adults) who participated in the original longitudinal project.
- standard contraindications for magnetic resonance imaging at the study onset
- history of seizures/stroke
- a head injury with > 10 min of unconsciousness or neurological sequelae
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method substance use behaviors Approximately every 18 months, 3 times across 5 years Frequency (past year and past month use) of cigarette/tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, and other drug use will be asked.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Virginia Tech
🇺🇸Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
🇺🇸Roanoke, Virginia, United States