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Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Alcohol in Women Veterans

NCT04393623 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2026-02-27

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Summary

The purpose of the study "Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Alcohol in Women Veterans" is to learn about the effects of negative emotion and stress on behavior (including alcohol use) among women Veterans, including women with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Additionally, the study looks at whether a woman's use of emotion regulation techniques changes the association between stress or negative emotion and behavior. Lastly, the study examines how women's reactions to stress, and the effects of stress, vary across the menstrual cycle - depending on the level of circulating hormones.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Reappraisal

This cognitive reappraisal microintervention lasts 45-60 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation

This psychoeducational microintervention lasts 45-60 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Cathryn Glanton Holzhauer, PhD · VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds, MA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-11-01
Primary Completion
2024-09-30
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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