Can reassuring cues help military personnel with PTSD read emotions?
NCT ID NCT06996275
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are studying how attachment styles and social cognition relate to post-traumatic stress disorder in French military personnel. The trial compares military personnel with PTSD to those without it, looking at biological, psychological, and social factors that may contribute to the condition. Participants complete a single study visit that includes assessments of attachment style and emotional contagion. A separate part of the study tests whether reassuring primers can influence emotional contagion skills.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- reassuring primers designed to influence emotional contagion skills
- What this could lead to
- If the approach works, it could inform ways to help military personnel with PTSD handle social situations and emotional cues more comfortably.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-visit study with 94 participants, so it cannot prove that reassuring primers change real-world social functioning. The findings may not apply to other military populations or to civilians with PTSD.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 94 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
No-PTSD Group: Military personnel without PTSD will be recruited from within an infantry regiment of the army. PTSD Group: Military personnel with PTSD will be recruited during workshops conducted by the CABAT (Cellule d'Aide aux Blessés de l'Armée de Terre - Army Wounded Support Unit) in 2025 and 2026.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: Inclusion Criteria Common to Both Groups: * Volunteers who agreed to participate in the study and provided written consent * Affiliated with social security * Proficient in the French language Inclusion Criteria Specific to the "Military Personnel with PTSD" Group: * Military personnel diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder related to their duties * Participants in activities offered by the wounded service support units Exclusion Criteria: * Adults subject to a protective measure * Refusal to participate in the study * Unrectified Legionnaires
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées
RECRUITINGBrétigny-sur-Orge, France
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