RECRUITING

Investigating the Neural Systems That Support the Reappraisal Tactics Leading to Positive Emotion

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

Community participants will visit the neuroimaging facilities at CU Boulder for a single experimental session. In all studies, participants will complete pre-task questionnaires (trait measures), and a brief mood measure, followed by a task training in which a research assistant describes and gives examples of cognitive reappraisal in response to negative images. Then, participants complete an event-related, picture-based cognitive reappraisal task for 30-45 minutes, during which whole-brain BOLD signal will be collected. Following the task, participants will once again respond to a mood measure, and answer a series of questions regarding the task they have completed, including difficulty of regulation, or any images that were personally relevant. The researchers predict that the positive emotion induction will result in powerful effects on self-reported emotion which may or may not interact with the cognitive reappraisal condition. Participants will be trained to use reappraisal to increase positive emotion, and they will be asked to respond with the reappraisal tactic category that best fits the reappraisal they used for each image. The researchers predict greater use of future-focused tactics will be associated with greater reappraisal success, which in turn will result in greater recruitment of vmPFC and connectivity between vmPFC and other prefrontal regions.

Official Title

Investigating the Neural Systems That Support the Reappraisal Tactics Leading to Positive Emotion

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-06-22
Study Completion:2023-11-01
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT04532242

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 55 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Community members ages 18-55
  2. * Fluent in English
  3. * Without present psychotic symptoms
  1. * None

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Kateri McRae, Ph.D.
CONTACT
303-871-3632
Kateri.McRae@du.edu
Alyssa Asmar, B.A
CONTACT
alyssa.asmar@du.edu

Principal Investigator

Kateri McRae, Ph.D.
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Denver

Study Locations (Sites)

University of Denver
Denver, Colorado, 80208
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Denver

  • Kateri McRae, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Denver

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-06-22
Study Completion Date2023-11-01

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-06-22
Study Completion Date2023-11-01

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • cognitive reappraisal
  • cognition

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Behavior