Headaches
Conditions
Keywords
headaches, stress management, assertiveness training, relaxation training, emotional expression
Brief summary
This interventional, randomized controlled study seeks to test the effects of a novel emotional awareness and expression intervention against relaxation training or no intervention for college students with chronic headaches. These two interventions are conceptually quite distinct, as the former seeks to activate and process anger, whereas the latter, more commonly used technique, seeks to suppress or avoid it.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAnger Awareness and Expression
Teaches patients to recognize, experience, and express emotions
BEHAVIORALRelaxation Training
Teaches patients relaxation training
Sponsors
Wayne State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Undergraduate students at Wayne State University who have chronic headaches
Exclusion criteria
* Insufficiently frequent headaches * Uninterested in engaging in a stress management intervention * Headaches appear due to substance use or head trauma
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Headache frequency and severity | baseline, 6-weeks, 6-months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Headache disability | baseline, 6-weeks, 6-months |
| Mood, self-efficacy, stress symptoms | baseline and 6-weeks |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed