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Stress & Social Cognition in Borderline Personality Disorder

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Borderline Personality Disorder
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

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
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
empathy30 minutes after cyberball

Multifaceted Empathy Test

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
sharing behavior: amount of monetary units (max 30) shared with co-playerdirectly after cyberball

Computer game

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Charite University

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Berlin, Germany

Charite University
🇩🇪Berlin, Germany

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