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Personalized Normative Feedback for Stigma and Help-seeking

NCT07683819 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2026-09-03

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Summary

People tend to care about what others think and often change our behaviors accordingly. But what if people do not have an accurate understanding of what others really think? Stigma is pervasive, especially in the Black and Asian American communities, which can prevent people from seeking help. This study explores whether correcting misperceptions (by showing what people really think) about depression and suicide can increase help-seeking behaviors among Black and Asian emerging adults who have untreated depression and suicidal thoughts.

Conditions

  • Stigma, Social
  • Help-Seeking Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF)

Presenting participants with information about their perceptions of social norms, and actual data on social norms, while highlighting discrepancies, and gently confronting participants toward behavioral changes.

BEHAVIORAL

Attention control

The participants will engage in an activity online for the same duration as the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Han Oh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hans Oh, PhD · University of Southern California

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-01
Primary Completion
2026-10-30
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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