Status:

COMPLETED

Volitional Dysfunction in Self-control Failures and Addictive Behaviors

Lead Sponsor:

Technische Universität Dresden

Collaborating Sponsors:

German Research Foundation

Conditions:

Addictive Behavior

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Eligibility:

All Genders

19-27 years

Brief Summary

The aim of this project is to elucidate whether impairments of cognitive control, performance-monitoring, and value-based decision-making and dysfunctional interactions between underlying brain system...

Detailed Description

Failures of self-control during conflicts between long-term goals and immediate desires are a key characteristic of many harmful behaviors, including unhealthy eating habits, lack of exercise and prob...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria (at baseline):
  • age 19-27
  • fulfill the criteria for one of three groups (SUD, ND, controls)
  • written informed consent
  • Exclusion Criteria (at baseline):
  • no written informed consent or limited ability to understand the questionnaires and tasks
  • disorders that might influence cognition or motor performance (e.g. craniocerebral injury)
  • magnetic resonance contraindications
  • current treatment for mental disorders
  • current use of psychotropic medication or substances
  • lifetime psychotic symptoms, bipolar disorder, or other SUD or ND not under study
  • major depression, somatoform, anxiety, obsessive compulsive, or eating disorders within the last 4 weeks

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 1 2014

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    June 30 2024

    Estimated Enrollment :

    338 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04498988

    Start Date

    December 1 2014

    End Date

    June 30 2024

    Last Update

    August 9 2024

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    Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Psychology

    Dresden, Germany, 01062