The psychoendocrinological basis of implicit regulation mechanisms in couple interactions.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- ot applicable.
- Registration Number
- DRKS00017063
- Lead Sponsor
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
Heterosexual, healthy couples, aged 18-35 years, no oral contraception; female participants have to be on their luteal phase while taking part in the experiment.
Exclusion Criteria
Parentship; pregnancy or willingness to become pragnant; oral contraception; intake of drugs with effects on the cardiovascular system; physical disabilities which might impair reaction time measures; study of psychology; psychotherapeutical treatment; psychic symptomatology (>10 points in the Brief Symptom Inventory); excessive alcohol intake; nicotine addiction; regular intake of drugs like cannabis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Trust between couple partners and the implicit confidence in correctly estimating the partner's attitudes, measured by means of an interactive behavioral paradigm; implicit partner valence in contrast to an attractive person, measured by means of an implicit association test; heart rate and heart rate variability during different phases of the experiment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Psychometric self-reports on partnership quality and personality variables.