Psychopathic Personality Trait Clinical Trial
Official title:
Testing a Shortened Version of the AlAn's Game, Which Can be Delivered Through REDCap, in a Sample of Emerging Adults
It has been demonstrated that behavior on the AlAn's (altruism-antisocial) game is related to Moral Elevation response. Moral Elevation is a positive response to another's act of generosity "of charity, gratitude, fidelity, generosity or any other strong display of virtue". The constellation of emotional, physical and psychological aspects of a Moral Elevation response have been well described. Moral Elevation can be elicited with stimulus stories or videos and measured with self-report questionnaires. The experience of Moral Elevation is associated with subsequent prosocial and affiliative behaviors. Additionally, the research has linked Moral Elevation response with behavior on the AlAn's game. This study will test whether behavior on the AlAn's Short Game v.2 is related to Moral Elevation response and extend prior work by testing whether viewing the Moral Elevation stimulus prior to playing the AlAn's Short Game v.2 is associated with differences in game behavior. The study will also test whether psychopathic traits will correlate with game behavior.
Hypotheses and Specific Aims:
Aim 1: Examine the similarities and differences in behaviors on the AlAn's Short Game v.2
seen with the two Active Trial (AT) types (where Red Cross donation will be reduced and
subject will gain money (AT1) vs. where the Red Cross donation will increase and study
participants will lose money (AT2).
Hypothesis 1: Number of accepted trials of AT1 and AT2 from session 1 will significantly
correlate.
Aim 2: Test the effects of Elevation vs. Nature video on change in AlAn's Short Game v.2
behavior between sessions 1 and 2.
Hypothesis 2: Subjects who view the Elevation stimulus video (study Arm 1) will show
increases in prosocial behavior while those watching the Nature video will not.
Aim 3: Test the association between psychopathic traits and Costly Helping and determine
whether the influence of Elevation on Costly Helping dissipates with increasing levels of
psychopathic traits.
Hypothesis 3: Psychopathic traits, as measured by the Levenson Self Report Psychopathy Scale,
will significantly and negatively correlate with the amount of prosocial behavior in session
1.
Hypothesis 4: Using subjects from study Arm 1, change in AlAn's Short game v.2 behavior
(session 2 minus session 1) will be negatively correlated with psychopathic trait scores.
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