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Stress-induced Drinking in Emerging Adults: the Role of Trauma History

NCT01363180 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 197

Last updated 2018-06-18

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Summary

This project is the first to use a clinical laboratory method in emerging adults to test the hypothesis that a trauma history with or without concommitant posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) alters response to a stressor and promotes drinking compared to normal controls. The study will be the first to explore whether trauma-exposed (TE) and PTSD groups differ on these outcomes. It will also examine the relationship between stress reactivity and subsequent stress-induced drinking in these samples. The goal of this program is to better understand the relationship between stress and factors related to the development and maintenance of alcohol problems in early adults, so that ultimately, better treatments may be developed that reduce the incidence and severity of alcohol related problems.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)

The TSST is a standardized psychological stress challenge where a participant performs a speech and mental math task in front of 3 unfamiliar individuals, in order to evoke an HPA axis stress response in a laboratory setting.

OTHER

No stress condition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carla K Danielson, Ph.D. · Medical University of South Carolina

  • Suzanne Thomas, Ph.D. · Medical University of South Carolina

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-01
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-06-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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