Effects of Stereotype Threat on Impulsivity and Its Relation to Alcohol Use in African Americans: An fMRI Study

ConditionAlcohol Drinking

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age21-35

SponsorIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to investigate the behavioral and neural correlates of stress exposure. Results from this study will enrich the understanding of how sociocultural, behavioral, and neural factors combine to influence alcohol use.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Between 21 and 35 years of age (inclusive);

Fluent in English;

Right-handed

Disqualifiers

Younger than 21 years of age;

Left-handed

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

Task-based behavioral intervention
Behavioral
Brief behavioral intervention is absent of stressors.
Task-based behavioral intervention
Behavioral
Brief behavioral intervention involves interacting with common everyday types of stress.

Treatment groups

280 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: no stress exposurePlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Group B: stress exposureActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Blood oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signal

Blood oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signal in brain regions of interest (ROI) measured using fMRI

Time frame

Baseline

Resting-state functional connectivity in brain regions

Resting-state functional connectivity - brain activity measured using fMRI

Time frame

Baseline

Sponsors and contacts

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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