Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Boise State University

Code:

NCT06888141

Conditions

Distress, Emotional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Virtual Sequential Emotional Processing Task

Virtual Control Task

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a virtual task can reduce distress in college students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Will those who complete the virtual task have less distress?
2. Will men and women both benefit equally from the virtual task?

Researchers will compare the virtual task to a control task (another virtual task that we expect will not impact distress) to see if distress differs.

Participants will spend 20 minutes engaging in the virtual task (or the control task) on 3 different days all within one week. They will complete a survey about their well-being before starting the first virtual task and again \~6 weeks afterward.

Conditions

Distress, Emotional

Study ID

NCT06888141

Start date

Feb 18, 2025

Status verified date

Mar, 2025

Completion date

Feb 18, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb 18, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • college student

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Younger than 18 years of age

Study Design

Enrollment

500 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Virtual Intervention

sham comparator: Virtual Control

Interventions

Virtual Sequential Emotional Processing Task

A 20-minute interactive session delivered 3 times over a one week period.

Virtual Control Task

A time-matched (ie., 20 minute) interactive session delivered 3 times over a one week period.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change from baseline Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) scores to 6wks post intervention [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of the ~6wk follow up period. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Matthew Genuchi, PhD

208-426-1207matthewgenuchi@boisestate.edu

Locations

Boise State University

Recruiting

Boise, Idaho, United States, 83709

Contacts

Cindy McCrea, Ph.D.

208-426-1207cindymccrea@boisestate.edu

Principal Investigator:

Matthew Genuchi, Ph.D.

More Information

Sponsor

Boise State University

Last update posted

Mar 21, 2025

Last verified

Mar, 2025

Keywords

  • virtual intervention
  • men/male
  • college students
  • emotional distress

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Boise State University on 2025-03-21.