Personalized Normative Feedback for Stigma and Help-seeking

Part of paid clinical trials in Los Angeles, California.

Sponsor
Han Oh
Study ID
NCT07683819
Status
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Conditions

  • Help-Seeking Behavior
  • Stigma, Social

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 29 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF) — BEHAVIORAL
    Presenting participants with information about their perceptions of social norms, and actual data on social norms, while highlighting discrepancies, and gently confronting participants toward behavioral changes.
  • Attention control — BEHAVIORAL
    The participants will engage in an activity online for the same duration as the intervention.

Study Details

People tend to care about what others think and often change our behaviors accordingly. But what if people do not have an accurate understanding of what others really think? Stigma is pervasive, especially in the Black and Asian American communities, which can prevent people from seeking help. This study explores whether correcting misperceptions (by showing what people really think) about depression and suicide can increase help-seeking behaviors among Black and Asian emerging adults who have untreated depression and suicidal thoughts.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 30, 2026
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2026
Completion
May 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
160 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: PNF Treatment
    In this survey experiment, participants will receive information on the social norms data, such as information about whether other people would be friends with someone in mental health treatment.
  • Active Comparator: Control
    An attention control (presenting information about artificial intelligence)

Primary Outcome Measure

Perceived public stigma [ Time Frame: The intervention takes place on a single day, and so the assessments will occur at baseline and immediately following the intervention (post-test) on the same day, and then 30-day follow-up. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
USC School of Social WorkLos AngelesCalifornia90089
Sarah Cho, MA
[email protected]
213 821 7404
Hans Y. Oh, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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