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A Comparison of Acute Psychobiological Responses to Laboratory Stress Tests

NCT06066320 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2023-10-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Mannheim Multicomponent Stress Test (MMST) is a validated laboratory stress test that combines cognitive, emotional, acoustic and motivational stress components. However the utility of the MMST as a viable alternative to the more commonly used Trier social stress test (TSST) to elicit HPA reactivity remains unclear as meaningful increases in saliva cortisol (\> 2.5 nmol/l) have been shown to occur in \<50% of participants yet the TSST typically elicits meaningful increases in saliva cortisol in \>70% of participants; likely as a consequence of the greater social evaluative component in the TSST.

Using a randomised between groups design, this study aims to compare psychobiological responses to the MMST and TSST.

Conditions

  • Stress, Physiological
  • Stress, Psychological

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

MMST

Participants randomised to the MMST group will complete the computer based paced auditory serial addition task (PASAT-C) in the presence of one observer and is informed that incorrect answers result in reduced monetary compensation. Simultaneously, the participant is exposed to emotionally evocative images and white noise via headphones

BEHAVIORAL

TSST

Participants randomly assigned to the TSST condition will be exposed to a traditional TSST protocol. The TSST consists of a preparation phase (5 min), followed by a mock job interview and a mental arithmetic task (5 min each) in front of a panel consisting of two observers and a video recording device.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Liverpool John Moores University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neil P Walsh, PHD · Liverpool John Moores University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-26
Primary Completion
2023-07-14
Completion
2023-10-09

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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