Stress & Social Cognition in Borderline Personality Disorder

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: inclusion condition

• Registration Number: NCT04504994
• Lead Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Brief Summary

The investigators will examine whether perceived social exclusion provoke a reduction in prosocial behavior in BPD patients.

Detailed Description

The investigators will examine whether perceived social exclusion provoke a reduction in prosocial behavior, such as empathy, in BPD patients and whether this "fight-or-flight" pattern is also seen in other relevant aspects of social behavior, such as sharing and punishment behavior. To induce social exclusion all participants will play cyberball, either the exclusion condition or the (over)inclusion condition before testing

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-07
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-01
• Study Completion: 2021-12-01
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-14
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 196

Inclusion Criteria

female patients with BPD and healthy control women, matched for age, body mass index, and education

Exclusion Criteria

physical illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
exclusion BPD	inclusion condition	cyberball exclusion condition - BPD patients
exclusion healthy controls	inclusion condition	cyberball exclusion condition - healthy controls
over-inclusion healthy controls	inclusion condition	cyberball over-inclusion condition - healthy controls
over-inclusion BPD	inclusion condition	cyberball over-inclusion condition - BPD patients

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
empathy	30 minutes after cyberball	Multifaceted Empathy Test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
sharing behavior: amount of monetary units (max 30) shared with co-player	directly after cyberball	Computer game

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Charite University; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany