Experiment Among Smokers in Which Two Variables Are Manipulated: Ostracism and Concealability

NCT06462950 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: MHLStudy3
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 340
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The goal of this experimental study is to learn about the effects of ostracism and concealment among adult smokers. The main aims are:

1. 1.Determine the causal consequences of gendered stigmatization. Specifically, do women react more strongly than men to exclusion (as opposed to inclusion) especially when their gender is revealed (as opposed to concealed) for outcomes such as smoking stigma, stress, cognitive depletion, smoking attitudes, and smoking cessation intentions (Study 3)?
2. 2.Examine the moderating roles of cultural context. Specifically, contrasting the cultural context in the US and Denmark (where gender norms are more egalitarian) do Danish smokers show fewer gender differences than US smokers in how they describe and react to their smoking stigmatization experiences (Study 1, 2, and 3)?

Conditions

Ostracism

Keywords

stigmatization

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Cognitive depletion

  The Stroop Color-Word Interference Test measures the executive control needed to suppress reading a word and instead naming the color of the word. The test will be adminstered once immediately after the experimental task.

  10 min

Study Arms (2)

Ostracism

EXPERIMENTAL

Ostracism is manipulated by randomly assigning people to the inclusion condition (they play an online ball tossing game and get the ball passed a third of the time) or exclusion condition (they get the ball passed twice in the beginning of the game and then not again).

Behavioral: Do men and women differ in their reactions to the experimental conditions.

Concealment

EXPERIMENTAL

Concealment is manipulated by randomly assigning the participants to information that the other players did (revealed condition) or did not know (concealed condition) the gender of the participant.

Behavioral: Do men and women differ in their reactions to the experimental conditions.

Interventions

Do men and women differ in their reactions to the experimental conditions. BEHAVIORAL

Do men and women differ in their reactions to the experimental conditions.

Concealment; Ostracism

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: based on self-representation of gender identit
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• daily smoker who smoker more than 5 cigarettes daily and have smoked for at least 1 year
• speak English reside in the United States

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dickinson College: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Ostracism; Stereotyping

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Isolation; Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2024
• First Posted: June 17, 2024
• Study Start (Estimated): May 1, 2028
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2028
• Last Updated: June 17, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE