Neurocognitive Predictors of Health Risk Behaviors

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Substance Use

Treatments: Other: neurocognitive tasks

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06941181

Predictors of Risky Behaviors

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study proposes to extend the ongoing longitudinal study of health risk behaviors and obtain new data from former adolescents (followed previously from ages 13-22; Times 1-8) now from ages 23 to 28 (Times 9-11). The goal of this study is to examine the contribution of developing neurocognitive markers to substance use in young adulthood by following a well-characterized longitudinal sample.

Full description

The main questions it aims to answer is: what are the long-term effects of valuation and control decision-making systems on health risk behaviors? Participants will complete online surveys assessing their substance use behaviors and perform neurocognitive tasks related to risk processing and cognitive control across three time points.

Enrollment: 117 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescents (now young adults) who participated in the original longitudinal project.

Exclusion criteria

• standard contraindications for magnetic resonance imaging at the study onset
• history of seizures/stroke
• a head injury with > 10 min of unconsciousness or neurological sequelae

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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117 participants in 1 patient group

neurocognition

Other group

Description:

Neurocognitive tasks

Treatment:

Other: neurocognitive tasks