N/A
Completed N=99
Investigating the Neural Systems That Support the Beneficial Effects of Positive Emotion on Stress Regulation
Behavior
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04496258 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
99
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2024
Primary outcomePrimary: Mood Ratings (Pos) — 1.34; 1.04; .96; .83 units on a scale
Summary
For this study, community participants visited the PI's psychophysiology lab for a single experimental session. In this study, participants completed a brief mood measure, followed by a task training in which a research assistant described and gave examples of cognitive reappraisal in response to negative images. Participants were then randomly assigned to positive or neutral emotion induction conditions, delivered by virtual reality. Then, participants completed an event-related, picture-based cognitive reappraisal task for 23 minutes. Following the task, participants once again responded to a mood measure, completed post-task questionnaires (individual difference measures) and answered a series of questions regarding the task they completed, including difficulty of regulation, or any images that were personally relevant.
The investigators predicted that the positive emotion induction would result in powerful effects on self-reported emotion, which may or may not interact with the cognitive reappraisal condition.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Mood Ratings (Pos) |
1.34; 1.04; .96; .83; .81; .77 | — |
| PRIMARY Means of Self-reported Emotion Ratings |
2.68; 2.75; 5.09; 4.35; 5.33; 5.90 | — |
| PRIMARY Mood Induction Ratings |
7.38; 4.81; 1.45; 2.52 | — |
| SECONDARY Debriefing of Instructions |
41; 39 | — |
| SECONDARY Task Difficulty |
2.41; 2.4; 4.55; 4.5 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants With Full Task Compliance |
41; 39 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Reviewed for Possible Prior Experience With the Reappraisal Task and/or Task Images |
41; 39 | — |
| SECONDARY DWECK-E (Theries of Emotion Scale) |
3.59; 3.46 | — |
| SECONDARY The Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-1) |
3.27; 2.99; 3.84; 3.42; 3.6; 3.65 | — |
| SECONDARY Brief Resilience Scale |
2.83; 2.69 | — |
| SECONDARY Satisfaction With Life Scale |
22.32; 21.31 | — |
| SECONDARY The Igroup Presence Questionnaire (IPQ) |
3.73; 3.58; 3.79; 3.21; 2.39; 2.43 | — |
| SECONDARY Brief Cope |
4.66; 4.49; 5.39; 5.59; 2.59; 3.08 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Community members ages 18-55
- Fluent in English
- Without present psychotic symptoms
Exclusion Criteria
- None
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04496258). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.