Stress Management for College Students

Part of paid clinical trials in Boise, Idaho.

Sponsor
Boise State University
Study ID
NCT06888141
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Distress, Emotional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Virtual Sequential Emotional Processing Task — BEHAVIORAL
    A 20-minute interactive session delivered 3 times over a one week period.
  • Virtual Control Task — BEHAVIORAL
    A time-matched (ie., 20 minute) interactive session delivered 3 times over a one week period.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a virtual task can reduce distress in college students. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Will those who complete the virtual task have less distress? 2. Will men and women both benefit equally from the virtual task? Researchers will compare the virtual task to a control task (another virtual task that we expect will not impact distress) to see if distress differs. Participants will spend 20 minutes engaging in the virtual task (or the control task) on 3 different days all within one week. They will complete a survey about their well-being before starting the first virtual task and again \~6 weeks afterward.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 18, 2025
Status verified
Mar 2025
Primary completion
Feb 18, 2026
Completion
Feb 18, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
500 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Virtual Intervention
  • Sham Comparator: Virtual Control

Primary Outcome Measure

Change from baseline Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) scores to 6wks post intervention [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the ~6wk follow up period. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Boise State UniversityBoiseIdaho83709
Cindy McCrea, Ph.D.
[email protected]
208-426-1207
Matthew Genuchi, Ph.D. (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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