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Behavioral Intervention

Social Facilitation for Emotion Regulation

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Research Sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
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Adolescent participants must be 13-15 years of age
Adult participants must be 20-25 years of age
Must not have
Auditory, visual or cognitive impairment
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1 day
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Summary

"This trial is testing if adolescents regulate their emotions better and for longer when they have a friend helping them compared to when they do it alone. They will also study how the brain works differently in social versus

Who is the study for?
This trial is for adolescents aged 13-15 and adults aged 20-25 who are fluent in English. It's not suitable for those with auditory, visual, or cognitive impairments, or health conditions that make MRI scans unsafe.
What is being tested?
The study examines if managing emotions with a friend's help works better and lasts longer than doing it alone in teenagers. It also looks at how this ability changes with age by comparing brain activity during the process using fMRI scans.
What are the potential side effects?
There are no direct side effects from the interventions being studied as they involve psychological experiments without medical treatments. However, some participants may experience discomfort from lying still in an MRI machine.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I am between 13 and 15 years old.
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I am between 20 and 25 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

You may be eligible for the trial if you check “No” for criteria below:
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I have hearing, vision, or thinking problems.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1 day
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 day for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Negative affect

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Social regulationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will regulate emotion with the help of a friend
Group II: Cognitive regulationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will regulate emotion on their own
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Social regulation
2018
N/A
~70

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)NIH
2,014 Previous Clinical Trials
2,696,734 Total Patients Enrolled
4 Trials studying Emotion Regulation
402 Patients Enrolled for Emotion Regulation
University of California, Los AngelesLead Sponsor
1,554 Previous Clinical Trials
10,264,014 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Emotion Regulation
65 Patients Enrolled for Emotion Regulation
~26 spots leftby Jun 2025
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