Clinical trials: Social Functioning
Mild Cognitive Impairment
A Scalable Model for Promoting Functioning and Well-Being Among Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment Via Meaningful Social Interactions: Project SPEAK!
The goal of this study is to refine and test a strategy for engaging older adults with symptoms of SCD/MCI (subjective cognitive decline/mild cognitive impairment) as volunteers to help English language learners (ELLs) who live…
- Trial name
- NCT04717479
- Testing
- Intervention (videoconferencing)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Alcohol Use Disorder
Social Cognition in Severe Alcohol Use Disorder
With 41,000 deaths per year, alcohol consumption is the second leading cause of preventable mortality in France. Nearly 3.4% of adults engage in excessive and chronic alcohol use, meeting criteria for Severe Alcohol Use Disorder…
- Trial name
- COSMO (NCT07464613)
- Testing
- Analysis of social functioning and social cognition processes
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Reims
Meditation, Cognitive Reappraisal
Transforming Adolescent Perception and Mental Health Through Meditation and Cognitive Reappraisal A Mixed Method Study
This study will evaluate how a comprehensive meditation-based program, Inner Engineering, supports teens ages 15-18 in becoming more joyful, focused, resilient, and better equipped to manage stress and thrive.
- Conditions
- Meditation, Cognitive Reappraisal, Emotional Regulation
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT07173608)
- Testing
- Inner Engineering Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Healthy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain in Social and Emotional Reasoning
This study will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify brain regions involved in social and emotional reasoning. It will identify differences in brain activity during task performance between people who have a nervous…
- Trial name
- NCT00060853
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Eating Disorder Symptom
Efficacy of Eat Breathe Thrive, a Yoga-Based Program
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the 7-week Eat Breathe Thrive (EBT) program which was designed to increase positive body image, awareness, self-regulation, and mindful eating habits.
- Trial name
- NCT03348345
- Testing
- Eat Breathe Thrive
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University at Buffalo
Stress, Stress, Psychological
Student Wellness Workshop Study
While efficacy of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) has been demonstrated in a number of prior studies, little is known about the effects of SKY taught as part of the Your Enlightened Side (YESplus) workshop designed for college…
- Conditions
- Stress, Stress, Psychological, Stress Reaction, Adjustment
- Trial name
- SWW (NCT04023968)
- Testing
- YESplus workshop, WOW! workshop
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Schizophrenia
Neural Correlates of Social Touch and Interoceptive Perception As Potential Biomarker for Impaired Social Functioning
Recent studies have shown that certain biomarkers of schizophrenia could help to better assess the individual course of the disease and thus, contribute to more personalized treatment options.
- Trial name
- SPIRIT (NCT04968223)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oldenburg
Executive Function (Cognition)
Examining Executive Functions in Medical Students Across Different Types of Study Breaks
This study aims to expand on previous findings and compare the effects of an active break (ten minutes of walking or upper body movement), a digital break (ten minutes of phone use), and no break on memory and attention in…
- Trial name
- NCT06710678
- Testing
- Physical Activity Study Break, Social Media Study Break
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Institute of Technology
Respiration Disorders, Body Composition, Beneficial
The Austrian LEAD (Lung hEart sociAl boDy) Study
The LEAD study is the first longitudinal cohort investigating respiratory, cardiac, and metabolic health in a reference population of Austria.
- Conditions
- Respiration Disorders, Body Composition, Beneficial, Metabolic Health
- Trial name
- LEAD (NCT01727518)
- Testing
- As the LEAD study is an observational cohort study, there is no intervention to report.
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 14,966 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Health
Cognitive Function 1, Social
Caffeine, DNA and Cognition
A study investigating the effects of acute caffeine intake on cognition based on genes associated with caffeine metabolism and physiological effect.
- Trial name
- NCT05806476
- Testing
- caffeine
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Mary's University, Twickenham
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Brain Imaging Study of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders
This research study investigates the effects of oxytocin and vasopressin on brain activity in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
- Trial name
- NCT01093768
- Testing
- Oxytocin, Vasopressin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Adolescent Development
Who Are You (WAY) Online Social and Emotional Learning Program for Adolescents
This study evaluated the Who Are You (WAY) program, a 10-week online social and emotional learning program designed for adolescents.
- Trial name
- WAY (NCT07780864)
- Testing
- Who Are You (WAY) Social and Emotional Learning Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Melih Dikmen
Adverse Childhood Experience, Endothelial Function (FMD)
Probing the Role of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Impaired Vascular Function Among Young Adults With Early Life Adversity
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) represent highly stressful events in the first 18 years of life that include abuse, neglect, and household and community-level dysfunction.
- Conditions
- Adverse Childhood Experience, Endothelial Function (FMD), Endothelial Injury, Mitochondrial Function
- Trial name
- PROMISE (NCT07244809)
- Testing
- Mitoquinone mesylate (MitoQ)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Neurofeedback, Emotion Regulation
Enhancing Emotion Regulation Through Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)-Informed Real-time Neurofeedback
The present study aims to employ real-time functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) neurofeedback training in combination with cognitive reappraisal strategies for regulating negative emotions in healthy individuals.
- Conditions
- Neurofeedback, Emotion Regulation, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06866028
- Testing
- Real-time fNIRS neurofeedback from Turbo-Satori
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Psychological Well-Being
Impact of Preventive Mental Health Programme on Social/Emotional Functioning and Resilience in Children in South Africa
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a mental health prevention and promotion programme delivered to children (ages 8 to 13) living in under-resourced communities in South Africa.
- Trial name
- NCT06445777
- Testing
- Mental Health Prevention and Promotion
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Little Lions Child Coaching
Healthy, Cognitive Function 1, Social
Investigating Gains in Neurocognition in an Intervention Trial of Exercise
This randomized control trial will examine whether a 12 month monitored exercise intervention improves brain health in cognitively normal older adults.
- Trial name
- IGNITE (NCT02875301)
- Testing
- 150 Minutes Week, 225 Minutes Week, Stretch and Tone
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 648 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Autism or Autistic Traits, Mental Health Disorder
The Effects of Executive Functions and Social Cognition on Mental Health
The objective of this study is to analyze the effects of executive functions (EFs) and social-cognitive abilities on the associations between autistic traits and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, and stress).
- Conditions
- Autism or Autistic Traits, Mental Health Disorder, Executive Dysfunction, Social Cognition
- Trial name
- NCT06213194
- Testing
- MindZone
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ibn Haldun University
Healthy Controls
Temporal Interference Stimulation for Social Cognition
The long-term goal of this project is to evaluate whether a procedure termed transcranial interference stimulation (tIS) may be useful in the future in the treatment of severe neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- TISSC (NCT06607432)
- Testing
- Transcranial Interference Stimulation (tIS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Healthy
Neofunctional Deep Breathing for Stress Modulation
The goal of this pilot randomized clinical trial is to learn if a single session of Neo-Functional diaphragmatic breathing can stimulate vagotonia and help to restore a state of relaxation after acute stress in healthy adult…
- Trial name
- SIRED (NCT07023211)
- Testing
- Neo-Functional diaphragmatic breathing, Social touch
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone Palermo
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Executive Functioning
Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of an Executive Functioning Intervention for Children's Mental Health Services
This project aims to follow up on a prior project examining the impact of training therapists in an executive functioning intervention Unstuck and On Target (UOT) adapted for community mental health settings.
- Trial name
- NCT06651086
- Testing
- Unstuck and On Target, Unified Protocol for Children
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 672 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University