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Does Social Buffering Continue to be Effective Over the Peripubertal Period When Friends Share the Stressor Experience?

NCT04311996 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 269

Last updated 2025-02-24

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Summary

The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether social buffering by friends of stress physiology remains effective later in puberty when friends share the load versus when they provide support but are not undergoing the stressor with the target child. There are four conditions: (1) Friend and Target both undergo the stressor, (2) Friend provides support but does not undergo the stressor, (3) Unfamiliar Peer and Target undergo the stressor, and (4) Alone (no partner).

Conditions

  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Social Stress

Interventions

OTHER

Friend and target

random assignment to Friend and Target Both condition

OTHER

Friend support

random assignment to Friend Provides Support condition

OTHER

unfamiliar peer and target

random assignment to Unfamiliar Peer and Target condition

OTHER

alone

random assignment to Alone condition

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Megan Gunnar, PhD · University of Minnesota

  • Kathleen Thomas, PhD · University of Minnesota

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-25
Primary Completion
2023-06-24
Completion
2023-06-24

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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