Hostile Bias Modification Training (HBMT) Study

NCT04997356 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2637
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 165
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The primary objective of the present protocol is to evaluate the effectiveness of real HBMT versus placebo on reducing HAB and aggression. The secondary objectives of the present protocol are:

1. 1.Investigate the role of individual difference variables on HAB, interpersonal aggression, and effects of HBMT.
2. 2.Collect vocal recording data to inform the development of algorithms to predict emotional stress from changes in speech.

Conditions

Anger; Stress; Aggression

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Essay Feedback Questionnaire

  8-item self-reported hostile attribution bias to ambiguously hostile or unambiguously hostile feedback (0-4). Higher scores indicate more bias.

  average of 30 minutes post-intervention

• Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP)

  The TAP objectively elicits and measures participant's aggression in response to provocation from an opponent. Aggression is operationalized as setting higher volumes and/or longer durations for tones (0-10). Higher scores indicate more aggression.

  average of 45 minutes post-intervention

Study Arms (4)

Hostile Bias Modification (HBM) Training plus Unambiguous Feedback

EXPERIMENTAL

Volunteers will complete a novel computer-based hostile bias modification training where they are instructed to respond to word fragments (words with missing letters) based on whether the word fragments can be completed to form aggressive or positive/neutral words. They are instructed not to respond if only an aggressive word can be formed. They will receive unambiguously hostile feedback to an essay.

Behavioral: Hostile Bias Modification Training

Other training plus Unambiguous Feedback

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Volunteers will complete a computer-based task where they are instructed to respond to word fragments (words with missing letters) regardless of whether the fragments can make hostile or ambiguous words. They will receive unambiguously hostile feedback to an essay.

Behavioral: Other training

Hostile Bias Modification (HBM) Training plus Ambiguous Feedback

EXPERIMENTAL

Volunteers will complete a novel computer-based hostile bias modification training where they are instructed to respond to word fragments (words with missing letters) based on whether the word fragments can be completed to form aggressive or positive/neutral words. They are instructed not to respond if only an aggressive word can be formed. They will receive ambiguously hostile feedback to an essay.

Behavioral: Hostile Bias Modification Training

Other training plus Ambiguous Feedback

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Volunteers will complete a computer-based task where they are instructed to respond to word fragments (words with missing letters) regardless of whether the fragments can make hostile or ambiguous words. They will receive ambiguously hostile feedback to an essay.

Behavioral: Other training

Interventions

Hostile Bias Modification Training BEHAVIORAL

Volunteers will complete a novel computer-based hostile bias modification training where they are instructed to respond to word fragments (words with missing letters) based on whether the word fragments can be completed to form aggressive or positive/neutral words. They will refrain from making words that can only form aggressive words.

Also known as: HBMT

Hostile Bias Modification (HBM) Training plus Ambiguous Feedback; Hostile Bias Modification (HBM) Training plus Unambiguous Feedback

Other training BEHAVIORAL

Volunteers will complete a computer-based task where they are instructed to respond to word fragments (words with missing letters) regardless of whether the fragments can make hostile or ambiguous words.

Other training plus Ambiguous Feedback; Other training plus Unambiguous Feedback

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 39 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Adult male or female, ages 18-39 (inclusive)
• Must confirm when asked by the experimenter that they are of normal hearing without the use of a hearing aid or have been diagnosed with any condition that produces a strong sensitivity to sound (e.g., misophonia, hyperacusis) to the best of their knowledge.
• Must be able to provide written informed consent before commencing with experimental procedures and perform experimental writing and reading tasks (i.e., must be able to fluently read/write in English).
• Must demonstrate satisfactory comprehension of the Informed Consent Document (ICD) by achieving a score of 100% correct on a short multiple-choice quiz .

You may not qualify if:

• not between ages 18-39
• not able to read/write fluently in English
• not of normal hearing without use of a hearing aid
• have been diagnosed with any condition that produces a strong sensitivity to sound (e.g., misophonia, hyperacusis)

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

Study Sites (1)

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Aggression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Margeaux V Auslander, PhD

  Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants are blinded to study condition.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 29, 2021
• First Posted: August 9, 2021
• Study Start: August 12, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 15, 2023
• Study Completion: May 15, 2023
• Last Updated: December 21, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)