Effects of Stereotype Threat on Impulsivity and Its Relation to Alcohol Use in African Americans: An fMRI Study

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai280 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate the behavioral and neural correlates of stress exposure. Results from this study will enrich the understanding of how sociocultural, behavioral, and neural factors combine to influence alcohol use.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

280

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

Task-based behavioral interventionBEHAVIORAL

Brief behavioral intervention is absent of stressors.

Task-based behavioral interventionBEHAVIORAL

Brief behavioral intervention involves interacting with common everyday types of stress.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Between 21 and 35 years of age (inclusive); * Fluent in English; * Right-handed Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 21 years of age; * Left-handed

Locations (1)

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Blood oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signal

Blood oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) signal in brain regions of interest (ROI) measured using fMRI

Time frame: Baseline

Resting-state functional connectivity in brain regions

Resting-state functional connectivity - brain activity measured using fMRI

Time frame: Baseline

Central Contacts

Shivani Doshi

CONTACT

212-241-6582 shivani.doshi@mssm.edu

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