Experiment Among Smokers in Which Two Variables Are Manipulated: Ostracism and Concealability
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Do men and women differ in their reactions to the experimental conditions..
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Ostracism. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
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- Next step
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Official title
Study 3: The Experimental Examination of Ostracism and Concealability on Gendered Stigma Smoking Outcomes
Overview
The goal of this experimental study is to learn about the effects of ostracism and concealment among adult smokers. The main aims are: 1. Determine the causal consequences of gendered stigmatization. Specifically, do women react more strongly than men to exclusion (as opposed to inclusion) especially when their gender is revealed (as opposed to concealed) for outcomes such as smoking stigma, stress, cognitive depletion, smoking attitudes, and smoking cessation intentions (Study 3)? 2. Examine the moderating roles of cultural context. Specifically, contrasting the cultural context in the US and Denmark (where gender norms are more egalitarian) do Danish smokers show fewer gender differences than US smokers in how they describe and react to their smoking stigmatization experiences (Study 1, 2, and 3)?
Detailed description
The proposed studies examine cross-culturally the reasons why among smokers, women feel more stigmatized than men do. An experiment with US and Danish smokers will examine how men and women differ in their reactions to being stigmatized (using a standard exclusion manipulation) when their gender is revealed instead of concealed. The outcome measures will include stress, smoking stigma, cognitive depletion, smoking attitudes, and smoking cessation intentions.
Interventions
- Behavioral Do men and women differ in their reactions to the experimental conditions.
Do men and women differ in their reactions to the experimental conditions.
Primary outcome measures
- Cognitive depletion [Time frame: 10 min]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- daily smoker who smoker more than 5 cigarettes daily and have smoked for at least 1 year
- speak English reside in the United States
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06462950 · MHLStudy3