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Evaluating an Expressive Writing Intervention About Communicatively-Restricted Organizational Stressors

NCT01328665 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2013-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention sought to reduce the physical effects of stress related to those issues that individuals cannot successfully communicate with anyone about. To do this, the investigators will be implementing a writing intervention over the course of the 6-week study. The investigators will be asking all participants to complete questionnaires over the course of the study period. The investigators are also asking participants to provide a small blood sample (from a fingerstick procedure) at two times during the study as well as saliva samples during that same time. The primary research question asks if this intervention procedure is effective. The investigators are evaluating total cholesterol, high sensitivity c-reactive protein, and cortisol.

Conditions

  • Stress Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Expressive Writing

Writing intervention for cognitive appraisal of stressor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Santa Clara University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Justin P Boren, Ph.D. · Santa Clara University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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