Stress Management for College Students

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorBoise State University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a virtual task can reduce distress in college students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Will those who complete the virtual task have less distress? 2. Will men and women both benefit equally from the virtual task?

Researchers will compare the virtual task to a control task (another virtual task that we expect will not impact distress) to see if distress differs.

Participants will spend 20 minutes engaging in the virtual task (or the control task) on 3 different days all within one week. They will complete a survey about their well-being before starting the first virtual task and again \~6 weeks afterward.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

18 years of age or older

college student

Disqualifiers

Younger than 18 years of age

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Virtual Sequential Emotional Processing Task
  • Virtual Control Task

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Boise State University

Lead sponsor

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Collaborator