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Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults II

NCT05524597 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2026-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

UCLA researchers looking for healthy older adults (aged 65+) to participate in a study investigating how writing about experiences can affect your brain and body.

Once a week for 6 weeks, participants will write about their experiences and fill out online questionnaires. Participants will also come to the UCLA campus to complete a neuroimaging session (fMRI), provide a blood spot sample, and fill out questionnaires 2 times: once prior to the 6-week writing period and once immediately after the 6-week writing period.

Conditions

  • Social Psychology

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Writing Intervention

Participants will be asked to write about different kinds of experiences.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-13
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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