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Using Affectionate Communication as a Response to Acute Stress

NCT00468572 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2012-01-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will examine the effects of tending to significant social relationships on managing and reducing stress.

Conditions

  • Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Affectionate Writing

Participants assigned to the experimental group will spend 20 minutes writing an affectionate letter to a loved one. Levels of cortisol will be measured using saliva samples from each participant during the writing session. Levels of oxytocin, a hormone known to transmit signals within the brain and often associated with bonding and building trusting relationships, will be measured from blood samples taken during the writing session as well.

BEHAVIORAL

Meaningless Writing

Participants assigned to the control group will spend 20 minutes writing about meaningless topics. Participants will undergo the same testing during the writing session as the experimental group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Arizona State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kory Floyd, PhD · Arizona State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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