Research Seeking Participants for a Research Study on Attention & Trauma

[TraumaResearcher]

Hi everyone! My name is Maya MacGibbon, and I am a doctoral student in clinical psychology at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. I am recruiting individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD (CPTSD), and those without trauma-related difficulties for a study exploring the relationship between attention and posttraumatic stress. The purpose of the study is to better understand attention difficulties in trauma disorders. Participants may enter a raffle to win one of three $50 Amazon gift cards upon completing the study. Thank you for your time and consideration!

Link to participate or view more information: Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

Who can participate?

• Adults (18+) who are fluent in English
• No history of ADHD, traumatic brain injury, or psychosis
• No current stimulant, antipsychotic, cannabis, or benzodiazepine use
• No recent suicidal ideation or psychological crisis

What does participation involve?

• A 20-25 minute online study
• Completing demographic, trauma-related, and emotion questionnaires
• Performing brief cognitive tasks assessing attention and working memory
• Anonymous participation through Qualtrics and TestMyBrain (both HIPAA-compliant platforms)
• Participation is voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time

Confidentiality & Privacy: No personally identifiable information is collected, except an email (if opting into the raffle), which will be stored separately from study data. Data will be stored securely and used for research purposes only.

IRB Approval & Contact Information: This study has been approved by The Wright Institute’s Institutional Review Board (IRB), ensuring ethical research standards. If you have questions, please contact:

• Maya MacGibbon, M.A. (Principal Investigator) – [email protected]
• Eric Freitag, Psy.D. (Dissertation Chair) – [email protected]
• Virginia Morgan (Wright Institute IRB Chair) – [email protected]

To participate or view further details, click here. We ask that you are in a quiet, distraction-free environment while completing the study. Thanks again for considering participation!

Link to study flyer: Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software – Canva

 

[Friday]

I’m curious/thrilled/intrigued about your prerequisites… as I both have ADHD-C & TBI comorbid with PTSD (Combat Vet, NGO Worker, Bad marriage, etc.)… as well as a degree/focus in neuropsych.

- What’s you’re thinking?
- As ADHD & Bipolar Disorder are sister-disorders are you relying on the “no antipsychotic” med disqualification to rule out bipolar disorder, or is bipolar a gradient outlier that’s useful to you?
- By “no stimulant use” are you seriously disincluding all western coffee & tea drinkers? Or simply attempting to double disinckude ADHD’ers, athletes, adrenaline junkies, etc.?

Very much looking forward to your answer. There’s clearly biochem that’s caught your eye/curiosity, I’d be delighted to understand better / has never thrown up flags for me… as to date PTSD does not appear to be contraindicated with any other pre-existing/baseline neurology… where’s you’re head at? There’s clear joie de vivre, or at least something that alighted your interest, in your specific exclusions. ADHD is only 4-6% of the population. Stimulant takers (coffee/tea/energy drinks) well over 90%, add in adrenaline junkies, addicts, sleep disorders, etc. who all use stimulants, & you’re at 99.999 bar. So SOMETHING clearly sparked your interest. I am deeply intrigued as to the connection you’ve noticed & are therefore studying.

 

[Abstract]

Well that was disturbing.