Adult attachment and affect regulation in personality disorder

Recruiting

• Conditions: 10034726; personality disorder; borderline disorder

• Registration Number: NL-OMON34480
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 205

Inclusion Criteria

All female patients in psychotherapeutic treatment at the department of Psychotherapy of the Riagg Rijnmond are invited to participate in the study and to enter the additional diagnostic procedures after full verbal and written informed consent.
Selection of controls: based on medical history information and present state physical and mental condition (established by the intake-interview and questionnaire), the subjects must be in good health, and without a history of psychiatric illness. The control subjects must be drug-free at the time of the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with a history of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, current substance or alcohol abuse, or the use of cortisone or psychotropic medication will be excluded from the study. Also, patients who are visual disabled, with neurological, cardiovascular or respiratory diseases and those who do not sufficiently master the Dutch language or who have clinically relevant low IQ will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>primary study parameters: score attachment related anxiety and avoidance;<br /><br>subjective labeling of emotional pictures; heart rate and skin conductance<br /><br>response to stress; cortisol and oxytocine response to stress.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>n.v.t.</p><br>