Individual DifferenceNCT03429725
Increasing Individualism and Collectivism
A study testing Online prime (statements writing), Online prime (circling) and Online prime (Sumarian Warrior) in people with Individual Difference, run by Yale-NUS College at 1 site in Singapore.
Trial summary
An online survey is conducted on MTurk populations from India and USA. Participants were assigned either a condition with primes of individualism or one with primes of collectivism, before responding to a scale on culture and indicating details of their demographics. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 21 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Individual Difference
- What is being tested?
- Online prime (statements writing), Online prime (circling) and Online prime (Sumarian Warrior)
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 495 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSingapore
- Study dates
- 17 Sep 2017to 23 Oct 2017
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 21 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- above age 21
Who cannot join
- below age 21
- not able to make decisions for self
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Increasing Individualism or Collectivism on Amazon Mechanical Turk Participants
An online survey is conducted on MTurk populations from India and USA. Participants were assigned either a condition with primes of individualism or one with primes of collectivism, before responding to a scale on culture and indicating details of their demographics.
- Conditions
- Individual Difference
- Being tested
- Online prime (statements writing), Online prime (circling), Online prime (Sumarian Warrior), Online prime (all)
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Online prime (statements writing)Other
Participants to write statements describing themselves or their similarities to their community.
Online prime (circling)Other
Participants to circle either pronouns denoting themselves or pronouns denoting others.
Online prime (Sumarian Warrior)Other
Participants read a passage which described the factors that led to his success in a war.
Online prime (all)Other
Participants wrote statements, circled pronouns, as well as read the Sumarian Warrior passage.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Individualism | Experimental | Participant will be randomly allocated to either the individualism condition or the collectivism condition. For individualism condition, participant is tasked to write statements relating to his/her differences from the his/her immediate community, circle pronouns that relate to the self, and read passages related to individualism. Receives: Other: Online prime (statements writing); Other: Online prime (circling); Other: Online prime (Sumarian Warrior); Other: Online prime (all) |
| Collectivism | Experimental | Participant will be randomly allocated to either the individualism condition or the collectivism condition. For collectivism condition, participant is tasked to write statements relating to his/her similarities to the his/her immediate community, circle collective pronouns, and read passages related to collectivism. Receives: Other: Online prime (statements writing); Other: Online prime (circling); Other: Online prime (Sumarian Warrior); Other: Online prime (all) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Higher collectivism or individualism level
Individualism and collectivism levels will be measured by Triandis \& Gelfand (1998)'s "Culture Orientation Scale". This is a 16-item scale designed to measure: 1) Vertical Collectivism (VC) - seeing the self as a part of a collective and accepting hierarchy and inequality within that collective; 2) Vertical Individualism (VI) - seeing the self as fully autonomous, but recognizing and accepting the existence of inequality; 3) Horizontal Collectivism (HC) - seeing the self as part of a collective but viewing all the members of that collective as equal counterparts; and 4) Horizontal Individualism (HI) - seeing the self as fully autonomous, and believing in equality amongst individuals.
All items are answered on a 5-point scale, ranging from 1= never or definitely no and 5 = always or definitely yes. Each dimension's items are summed up separately to create a VC, VI, HC, and HI score to reflect the level of collectivism and individualism in the sampled group.
Measured: 10 minutes
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Feb 2018
- Study start17 Sep 2017
- Primary completion23 Oct 2017
- Study completion23 Oct 2017
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Individual DifferenceStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 495 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03429725
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HSS-1502-P02-03
- Status last verified
- Feb 2018
- First submitted
- 24 Nov 2017
- Last updated
- 13 Feb 2018
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Feb 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Increasing Individualism or Collectivism on Amazon Mechanical Turk Participants
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03429725
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HSS-1502-P02-03
- Conditions
- Individual Difference
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 495 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Yale-NUS CollegeUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 17 Sep 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 23 Oct 2017 (actual)
- Study completion
- 23 Oct 2017 (actual)
- First posted
- 12 Feb 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
An online survey is conducted on MTurk populations from India and USA. Participants were assigned either a condition with primes of individualism or one with primes of collectivism, before responding to a scale on culture and indicating details of their demographics.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (participant, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Individualism | Experimental | Other: Online prime (statements writing), Other: Online prime (circling), Other: Online prime (Sumarian Warrior), Other: Online prime (all)Participant will be randomly allocated to either the individualism condition or the collectivism condition. For individualism condition, participant is tasked to write statements relating to his/her differences from the his/her immediate community, circle pronouns that relate to the self, and read passages related to individualism. |
| Collectivism | Experimental | Other: Online prime (statements writing), Other: Online prime (circling), Other: Online prime (Sumarian Warrior), Other: Online prime (all)Participant will be randomly allocated to either the individualism condition or the collectivism condition. For collectivism condition, participant is tasked to write statements relating to his/her similarities to the his/her immediate community, circle collective pronouns, and read passages related to collectivism. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 21 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- above age 21
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- below age 21
- not able to make decisions for self
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Online prime (statements writing)Participants to write statements describing themselves or their similarities to their community. | Other | Collectivism, Individualism |
| Online prime (circling)Participants to circle either pronouns denoting themselves or pronouns denoting others. | Other | Collectivism, Individualism |
| Online prime (Sumarian Warrior)Participants read a passage which described the factors that led to his success in a war. | Other | Collectivism, Individualism |
| Online prime (all)Participants wrote statements, circled pronouns, as well as read the Sumarian Warrior passage. | Other | Collectivism, Individualism |
Primary outcome
Higher collectivism or individualism level
Time frame: 10 minutes
Individualism and collectivism levels will be measured by Triandis \& Gelfand (1998)'s "Culture Orientation Scale". This is a 16-item scale designed to measure: 1) Vertical Collectivism (VC) - seeing the self as a part of a collective and accepting hierarchy and inequality within that collective; 2) Vertical Individualism (VI) - seeing the self as fully autonomous, but recognizing and accepting the existence of inequality; 3) Horizontal Collectivism (HC) - seeing the self as part of a collective but viewing all the members of that collective as equal counterparts; and 4) Horizontal Individualism (HI) - seeing the self as fully autonomous, and believing in equality amongst individuals. All items are answered on a 5-point scale, ranging from 1= never or definitely no and 5 = always or definitely yes. Each dimension's items are summed up separately to create a VC, VI, HC, and HI score to reflect the level of collectivism and individualism in the sampled group.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Feb 2018.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Online prime (statements writing), Online prime (circling) and Online prime (Sumarian Warrior) in people with Individual Difference, run by Yale-NUS College at 1 site in Singapore.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Feb 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Singapore. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Higher collectivism or individualism level (time frame: 10 minutes). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Feb 2018.