Does Social Buffering Continue to be Effective Over the Peripubertal Period When Friends Share the Stressor Experience?
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior
- Social Stress
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 11 years and 14 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Adolescents experience social evaluation stress frequently. However, it is likely that often they are not alone, but with friends who are also going through the same experience. Thus, it is possible that under these conditions, social buffering by friends does not wane over the peripubertal period. ...
Adolescents experience social evaluation stress frequently. However, it is likely that often they are not alone, but with friends who are also going through the same experience. Thus, it is possible that under these conditions, social buffering by friends does not wane over the peripubertal period. Participants will be assigned to social conditions while engaging in an evaluative stressor task.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04311996
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Megan Gunnar, PhD University of Minnesota Principal Investigator: Kathleen Thomas, PhD University of Minnesota
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