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Emotion Regulation Training to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Depressed Young Adults in Southern Mississippi

NCT05425290 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2024-05-14

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Summary

The proposed study will investigate the utility of a single-session emotion regulation training to reduce CVD risk among young adults diagnosed with MDD living in Southern MS. Using an single-arm, non-randomized design, young adults aged 18-29 will undergo a single-session emotion regulation skills training. Before and immediately after the skills training session, participants will supply several biological metrics tied to CVD risk: resting HRV, inflammation (measured via c-reactive protein \[CRP\]), and blood pressure. Participants will provide the same biological metrics at a one-week follow-up visit to assess short-term sustained gains following the single-session intervention and complete a 7-day ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of their daily emotion regulation skills use and depressive symptoms between these two visits.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Single-session emotion regulation training

The single-session emotion regulation skills training will blend psychotherapeutic approaches that emphasize effective ER. First, participants will be taught to adopt a detached (i.e., 'distanced') and nonjudgmental attitude towards an emotional situation. Detachment, or 'distancing' as it will be introduced to participants, will be taught by examining the situation with objectivity or putting spatial or temporal distance between the current moment and the situation. Second, research participants will be taught reframing. Specifically, they will be introduced to the relationship between thoughts and emotions and how to find interpretations that are less upsetting in order to be more effective when upset. Participants will identify elements of a situation that they did not pay attention to or information that was missing, and to reframe their thoughts based on the full picture. The emotion regulation training is expected to take approximately 30-45 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southern Mississippi

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
29 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-25
Primary Completion
2023-12-31
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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