Recruiting

Emotion Regulation

Sponsor:

UCLA

Code:

NCT06458920

Conditions

Emotion Regulation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 13 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Social regulation

Cognitive regulation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this project is to test whether regulating emotions with help from a friend is more effective and long-lasting in adolescents than regulating alone, and to characterize age-related differences in the neural mechanisms supporting social versus cognitive emotion regulation. Participants will complete a psychology experiment while undergoing fMRI scanning.

Conditions

Emotion Regulation

Study ID

NCT06458920

Start date

Oct 5, 2022

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Oct 1, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 1, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 13 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescent participants must be 13-15 year of age
  • Adult participants must be 20-25 years of age
  • Proficient in English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Auditory, visual or cognitive impairment
  • Any health conditions that are contraindicated for MRI

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Social regulation

Participants will regulate emotion with the help of a friend

experimental: Cognitive regulation

Participants will regulate emotion on their own

Interventions

Social regulation

Participants will regulate emotion with the help of a friend

Cognitive regulation

Participants will regulate emotion on their own

Primary outcome measure

  • Negative affect [ Time Frame: 1 day ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of California, Los Angeles

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Contacts

Jennifer Silvers, PhD

3102069024silvers@ucla.edu

Elizabeth Gaines, BA

(323) 989-2557egaines@psych.ucla.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Last update posted

Jul 16, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of California, Los Angeles on 2026-07-16.