Smartphone-based Emotion Recognition Skills Training for Alexithymia - A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
Phase 2
- Conditions
- alexithymia
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014641
- Lead Sponsor
- Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 29
Inclusion Criteria
heightened levels of alexithymia (scores = 51 on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20; TAS-20
- access to a smartphone using Android (version 4.0 or above)
- sufficient German language skills
Exclusion Criteria
Younger than 18 years old, no access to a smartphone using Android 4.0 or above, Totonto Alexithymia Scale score < 51
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method After 14 days: emotion recognition skills as assessed by number of correct pairings in a computer-based two-choice task paradigm. (categorizing pictures portraying two different facially expressed emotions with the correct label)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method After 14 days: Alexithymia was assessed with the TAS-20 global score.