Hostile Bias Modification Training Online Study II

NCT04015440 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: WRAIR #2628
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 229
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to see how people respond on a word completion task relates to how they behave and respond to situations in the real world. This is a two part research study. At time-point one, participants will fill out some brief personality surveys. They will also read several short scenarios and imagine how they would react and/or interpret these situations in real life. They will also complete a vocabulary task where they will sort word fragments based on type as quickly as they are able. Participants will be asked to return in 24-96 hours for part two where they will repeat a similar scenario reading activity as during time one and fill out a brief questionnaire about your recent behaviors.

Conditions

Aggression; Anger; Emotion Regulation; Self-Control; Stress

Keywords

attention bias; hostile attribution bias; hostile bias modification

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Hostile Attribution Bias

  Adapted from the "Angry Cognitions Scale" (Martin and Dahlen 2007). Volunteers read hypothetical scenarios where another person acted aggressively but with unclear intent (e.g., "You are driving through a residential area when someone backs their car out of a driveway and nearly hits you."). Volunteers respond to items (from "Very Unlikely" to "Very Likely") to indicate how they would think about the situation (e.g., "He/she did that just so I'd have to stop. He/she was trying to scare me."). Volunteers responded to one set (4 scenarios) at time point one and a second set (5 scenarios) at time point two. Reponses were summed within each scenario and averaged across scenarios to indicate level of hostile attribution bias. Individual scores at each time point could range from 0 (no hostile attribution bias) to 24 (high hostile attribution bias).

  24-96 hours post HBMT

• Driving Aggression

  State Aggression Survey: This survey is adapted from several others in the literature to measure variance along the normal spectrum of aggressive behaviors in daily life that the average person might display (Álvarez-García, et al., 2016; Deffenbacher, et al., 2001; Deffenbacher, J. et al., 2002). The survey specifically asks about driving behaviors (e.g., yelling at other drivers). Scoring is count of aggressive behaviors during reporting period.

  24-96 hours post HBMT

• Aggression On Social Media

  Seven items adapted from the Cyber-Aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents by Álvarez-García et al. (2016). Volunteers reported at time point two how often (during preceding 24 h) they engaged in various aggressive online behaviors (e.g., posted rude comments about someone on a social network). Response choices ranged from 1 = never to 4 = always. Scores were recorded dichotomously to represent whether a volunteer reported any online aggression during the reporting period (i.e. "never" was recoded as "0" to indicate no aggression, and all other responses were recoded as "1" to indicate at least some aggression. A higher percentage of volunteers in a study condition reporting usage of aggression on social media indicates a worse outcome for that study condition.

  24-96 hours post treatment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Anger

  24-96 hours post HBMT

Study Arms (2)

HBMT

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: HBMT

Placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Other Training

Interventions

HBMT BEHAVIORAL

Individual is presented with words with some letters missing and told to complete the word.

HBMT

Other Training BEHAVIORAL

Alternative to HBMT training

Placebo

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult aged 18 and older
• Located in the United States or other primarily English speaking country.
• Active Amazon Account.

You may not qualify if:

• Less than 18 years old.
• Not located in the United States or other primarily English speaking country.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR): lead
• Army Research Laboratory: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Sleep Research Center

Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Aggression; Emotional Regulation; Self-Control

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Aberrant Motor Behavior in Dementia; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Social Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Jeffrey M Osgood, Ph.D. Associate Director of Military Psychiatry Branch
• Organization: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

jeffrey.m.osgood.mil@mail.mil

301-319-7475

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: This is an online study. Volunteer assignment to each of the two experimental conditions is semi-randomized (i.e. random except that computer ensure equal sample sizes across experimental conditions). The randomized assigning of participants is done by the study web-page/program at volunteerscience.com. The computer program randomly assigned volunteers to one of the two conditions when they begin the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2019
• First Posted: July 11, 2019
• Study Start: July 30, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2019
• Study Completion: December 31, 2019
• Last Updated: September 8, 2021
• Results First Posted: September 8, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)