Does Social Buffering Continue to be Effective Over the Peripubertal Period When Friends Share the Stressor Experience?

Adolescent Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title: Does Social Buffering Continue to be Effective Over the Peripubertal Period When Friends Share the Stressor Experience?

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether social buffering by friends of stress physiology remains effective later in puberty when friends share the load versus when they provide support but are not undergoing the stressor with the target child. There are four conditions: (1) Friend and Target both undergo the stressor, (2) Friend provides support but does not undergo the stressor, (3) Unfamiliar Peer and Target undergo the stressor, and (4) Alone (no partner).

Clinical Trial Description

Adolescents experience social evaluation stress frequently. However, it is likely that often they are not alone, but with friends who are also going through the same experience. Thus, it is possible that under these conditions, social buffering by friends does not wane over the peripubertal period. Participants will be assigned to social conditions while engaging in an evaluative stressor task. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent Behavior
• Social Stress

• NCT number: NCT04311996
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Minnesota
• Contact: Bonny Donzella
• Phone: 6126244351
• Email: donzella@umn.edu
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 25, 2021
• Completion date: October 2024