Stress Reduction Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Stress Reduction Study
This study will examine whether stress reduction training - which a growing body of research indicates has manifold benefits for behavior regulation, emotion regulation, and other salutary outcomes of relevance to this proposal - predicts lab-based and daily life-based neural and behavioral outcomes indicative of reduced stress, including emotions, desires, and reactions to adverse events such as social conflict.
This research study seeks to understand how stress reduction training influences neural
responses (brain activation) and behavior related to stress, including emotions, desires, and
reactions to adverse events such as social conflict. The full research project will be
conducted over approximately 4-6 weeks, and will consist of two data collection sessions on
the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) campus, one before and one after a 14-day stress
reduction training course conducted via mobile phone (SmartPhone). The two courses entail
instructor-facilitated stress reduction exercises previously shown to reduce stress and
improve well-being. Participants will be randomly assigned to a mindfulness course or an
active coping course. Both of these courses - mindfulness training (MT) and coping training
(CT) - involve expert-facilitated mental wellness techniques. MT emphasizes mindfulness-based
techniques to reduce stress and promote well-being, whereas CT emphasizes established emotion
regulation techniques to reduce stress and promote well-being.
Some study details are purposely omitted at this time to preserve scientific integrity.
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