Assessing the Repeatability of a Psychological Stress Test
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Stress Physiological
- Stress Psychological
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The investigators propose a parallel experimental trial examining physiological and psychological responses to a socio-evaluative stress task (The Mannheim Multicomponent Stress Test; MMST) under laboratory conditions. Participants will be tested on three occasions in a randomised order, with each trial separated by 7 days. On two occasions, participants will be complete a socially evaluated math-based serial addition task whilst simultaneously viewing a series of positive and negative images and in the presence of white noise (duration ~ 5 minutes). On the other occasion, participants will rest quietly and will be exposed to a short film and some images that are not designed to induce anxiety or stress for the same duration as the stress test in the stress induction room. The non-stress control condition, will occur either 1-week preceding or 1-week following both MMST trials, thereby controlling for order effects influencing baseline physiological and psychological outcome measures.Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: Saliva samples will be identified by participant identification number only. Technicians assessing levels of biological measures in these samples will be blind to condition.Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 35 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
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Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04714450
- Collaborators
- Danone Nutricia Research
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Neil P Walsh, PHD Liverpool John Moores University
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