Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03684031
Impact of Cognitive Control Training on Anger Symptoms and Reactive Aggression
Impact of Cognitive Control Training on Anger Symptoms and Reactive Aggression (Anger Study)
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
High trait anger is a personality construct characterized by elevations in the frequency, duration, and intensity of anger episodes. According to many social cognitive theories, hostile interpretations of everyday situations contribute to the development and maintenance of anger symptoms. This study will examine the effectiveness of a computer-based cognitive control training task.
Detailed description
Difficulties with anger control are reported in a number of psychological conditions and are associated with social problems, such as dating violence and workplace violence. High trait anger is a personality construct characterized by elevations in the frequency, duration, and intensity of anger episodes. However, the cognitive processes contributing to high trait anger are still poorly understood. According to the Integrative Cognitive Model of Anger and Reactive Aggression (ICM), three cognitive processes jointly contribute to the experience of high trait anger and reactive aggression: 1) hostile interpretation biases; 2) cognitive control; and 3) anger rumination. The proposed study will evaluate the validity of this model in relation to cognitive control using a computer-based cognitive control training (CCT) program.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Cognitive Control Training | A computer-based flanker task that aims to reinforce the recruitment of cognitive control in the presence of hostile/aggressive stimuli. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Sham Cognitive Control Training Program | A placebo version of the computer-based cognitive control training. Designed to appear similar to the experimental task, but will not reinforce the recruitment of cognitive control in the presence of hostile/aggressive stimuli. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-04-30
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-13
- Completion
- 2020-03-13
- First posted
- 2018-09-25
- Last updated
- 2020-03-24
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03684031. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.