The Impact of a Continuous Performance Task on the Stress Response

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-09-17

Study Completion Date

2013-09-25

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impact of taking a continuous performance attention test on the physiological stress response in college students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does taking an attention test cause participants to have increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and sweat?
* Does taking an attention test cause participants to have a decrease in heart rate variability?
* Are there relationships between participants' levels of anxiety, perceived stress, and mindfulness to their physiological changes?

Participants will

* Answer questionnaires about anxiety, stress, and mindfulness
* Have baseline measurements taken for blood pressure, sweat, and heart rate variability
* Take the PEBL Continuous Performance Task (a 14 minute attention test) while having the measurements listed above taken again

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Detailed Description

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The PEBL Continuous Performance Task is an example of a mental stressor which requires vigilance and effort. We hypothesize that a sympathetic nervous system response will be evident in comparing physiological parameters during the attention task versus the preceding resting baseline period. Exploratory analyses will assess relationships between psychological measures of anxiety, stress, and mindfulness with this physiological response and the number of errors on the attention test.

Conditions

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Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

All participants will be measured at baseline and then during an attention task.

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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PEBL Continuous Performance Task

Participants will take the PEBL Continuous Performance Task, a 14 minute attention test requiring participants to press the space bar when certain letters are shown on the screen.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PEBL Continuous Performance Task

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A PEBL version of the Conners Continuous Performance Task

Interventions

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PEBL Continuous Performance Task

A PEBL version of the Conners Continuous Performance Task

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Conners Continuous Performance Task

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* English language proficiency
* First year, first semester student enrolled in Students Together Empowering Peers course at the University of Redlands