Computerized Intervention for Interpersonal Stress

Florida State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hostility

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical Health Education Tool; Behavioral: Online Treatment for Interpersonal Stress

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04271111

2018.26213

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study assesses whether a computerized intervention can be used to decrease perceived hostility in hostile individuals.

Full description

This study will investigate whether a brief computerized intervention can decrease perceived hostility of interpersonal situations. Participants will be randomized into an active treatment or control condition. We hypothesize that participants in the treatment condition will have lower perceived hostility at post treatment than those in the waitlist condition.

Enrollment: 111 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Increased hostility based on the Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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111 participants in 2 patient groups

Active treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Computerized intervention aimed at reducing perceived hostility.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online Treatment for Interpersonal Stress

Control condition

Active Comparator group

Description:

Computerized intervention aimed at increasing overall physical health.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical Health Education Tool