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Racial Discrimination, Pain, and the Buffering Influences of Acknowledgment

NCT06113926 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2023-11-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Black young adults (aged 18-30; N = 92) were racially included (i.e., received the ball an equal number of times) or excluded (i.e., received the ball only once) by other White players in a ball-tossing computer game called Cyberball; White experimenters acknowledged the exclusion for half of the excluded participants. Participants completed a cold-pressor task twice to measure pain sensitivity (threshold, tolerance, and unpleasantness): immediately prior, and after the Cyberball (and acknowledgment) manipulation. Participants also completed a post-manipulation survey examining the psychological effects of racial exclusion and acknowledgment (i.e., psychological needs satisfaction, negative affect, control).

Conditions

  • Pain, Acute

Interventions

OTHER

Bystander Acknowledgment

The experimenter said "That is so messed up that they excluded you in the task. And honestly, I would say it was racist…" acknowledgment of the participants experience, "…this shouldn't have happened, and I'm really sorry it did…" an apology, and "…I'm going to talk to the primary investigators of the study to figure out how we can make sure that this won't happen to other people" a plan of action.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Psi Chi

    collaborator OTHER

  • Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • D.C. Psychological Association

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • George Washington University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-01
Primary Completion
2023-01-31
Completion
2023-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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