Self perception and self knowledge retrieval in online role-players before and after psychotherapy

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Online role-playing addiction

• Registration Number: DRKS00003423
• Lead Sponsor: Zentralinstitut für Seelische GesundheitKlinik für Abhängiges Verhalten und Suchtmedizin

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-04-23
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Men between 18 and 45 years of age
- Right handedness
- Diagnosis of online role-game playing addiction according to AICA and Ko et al. (2008) for the groups of addicted online role-players
- Individuals who don't fulfil the diagnostic criteria for online role-game addiction according to AICA and Ko et al. (2008) will be included in the non-addicted group
- No psychotropic medication within the last four weeks prior to neuroimaging assessments
- Ability to provide fully informed consent and to use self-rating questionnaires
- Written Informed Consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Any current substance dependence other than nicotine and caffeine within the last year
- Any current psychiatric disorder diagnosis that requires pharmacological treatment
- Lifetime history of organic psychiatric disorders
- History of severe head trauma or other severe central neurological disorder
- Participants who require concomitant therapy with any medications that affects the central nervous system
- Insufficient German language skills
- Limited legal capacity or incapacity to provide written informed consent
- Deafness and blindness
- MRI contraindications (i.e. pacemakers, metal in the body)
- Positive rapid drug test (urine)

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified