My Life and My Experiences Project: Stress and Memory in Adolescence
This study, called the "My Life and My Experiences Project," is looking at how stress affects memory in teenagers. Researchers want to understand if stressful experiences change how young people remember things, especially past events. You might be able to join if you are between 12 and 18 years old. Half of the participants will have had contact with social services, and the other half will have always lived with at least one biological parent. You would not be able to join if you have public speaking or math anxiety, cognitive (thinking) problems, head injuries, learning disabilities, or certain medical conditions or treatments. The study will test your memory 10 days and 30 days after a session where you experience either high or low stress.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 400 participants. Youth will be randomly assigned to either a high stress or low stress condition.
- What's involved
- You would participate in a session involving an acute stress manipulation. Your memory will be tested 10 days and 30 days after this first session.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your memory will be assessed 10 days and 30 days after the first session.
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My Life and My Experiences Project
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
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What this trial measures
- Delarative recognition memory10 days from first session
This memory measure reflects how well participants remember images that they encoded in Session 1. Participants are presented with previously seen and unseen images. Their job is to discriminate the two (i.e., say "old" for prior images and "new" for unseen images). Scores computed based on their responses include discriminability and response bias tendencies. These scores will be examined in relation to participants' maltreatment status and whether they encoded the images under high or low stress conditions.
- Event Memory30 days from first session
This memory measure reflects how well participants remember the entire first session, during which they had completed either the HS or LS TSST-M. Thus, of interest concerns differences in youth's memory for a stressful versus nonstressful prior salient experiences. Responses to recall and direct questions are coded for completeness and accuracy. These scores will be examined in relation to participants' maltreatment status and whether the original experience was higher versus lower stress.