The Protective Effect of Friendship on Peer Rejection in Overweight and Normal Weight Youth

Control Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Protective Effect of Friendship on Peer Rejection in Overweight and Normal Weight Youth

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01324661
• Other study ID #: 3857
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 8, 2010
• Last updated: September 28, 2011
• Start date: December 2009
• Est. completion date: August 2010

Study information

• Verified date: September 2011
• Source: University at Buffalo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study examines youth's motivation for food or social rewards after a brief episode of simulated ostracism. The investigators hypothesize that youth who think about a friend after being ostracized will mediate their decision to resort to food, which is typically evidenced in socially isolated overweight youth.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 104
• Est. completion date: August 2010
• Est. primary completion date: August 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• General liking for all study foods

Exclusion Criteria:

• Food allergies

• Medical or Psychological disorders

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Control
• Social Exclusion

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Ostracism
Participants would received the ball of a computerized ball-tossing game once or twice in the beginning and then never again for the duration of the game.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University at Buffalo Division of Behavioral Medicine	Buffalo	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University at Buffalo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Amount of food consumed after playing a computer game	Participants' food consumption after playing a computer game is measured at the end of the study session	Measured once during this 3-6 month study	No
Primary	The number of points earned for a snack food or social interaction.	Participants' motivation to earn a reward is measured by the number of mouse clicks participants completed to obtain the reward.	Measured once during this 3-6 month study	No