Emotion Regulation in Trait Schizotypy

NCT ID: NCT03694574

Last Updated: 2018-10-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 131 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2017-09-30

Brief Summary

Our aim is to compare state anger and state emotion regulation strategies in healthy individuals with high trait schizotypy and to look at differences of induced anger, negative emotions, decrease of positive emotions and aggressive behaviour after anger induction. Our further aim is to compare conditions where an instruction to suppress or reappraise emotions is given with a control condition with no instruction.

Conditions

Trait Schizotypy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Low schizotypy

Schizotypy score \< 14 measured by the German Version of Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (Klein, Andresen, \& Jahn, 1997)

Group Type: OTHER

instruction to suppress

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

"It might happen that in some situations in which you try to do something and you fail or things don't come up as you want, you could become angry, mad or irritated and feel some level of distress and discomfort. Next, try not to think of the situation that makes you angry, mad or irritated. Please try as much as you cannot to think about the situation, don't think about how you feel or what had happened, and try to suppress your emotions and not to feel them. It's very important to try as much as you cannot to think about the situation that makes you angry, mad or irritated." (Szasz, Szentagothai, \& Hoffmann, 2011)

instruction to reappraise

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

"It might happen that in some situations in which you try to do something and you fail or things don't come up as you want, you could become angry, mad or irritated and feel some level of distress and discomfort. Next, please try to tell yourself that or would be preferable that the others are nice and/or fair to you, but if they are not, it does not mean that you or they are worthless human beings. It would be preferable that the others be nice and/or fair to you but if they are not, remember that it is only (very) bad), not catastrophic (the worst thing that could happen to you). It would be preferable that others are nice and/or fair to you, but if they are not, you can tolerate it, and go on enjoying life, even if it's more difficult at the beginning." (Szasz et al., 2011)

control

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

No instruction

High schizotypy

Schizotypy score ≥ 14 measured by the German Version of Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (Klein, Andresen, \& Jahn, 1997)

Group Type: OTHER

instruction to suppress

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

"It might happen that in some situations in which you try to do something and you fail or things don't come up as you want, you could become angry, mad or irritated and feel some level of distress and discomfort. Next, try not to think of the situation that makes you angry, mad or irritated. Please try as much as you cannot to think about the situation, don't think about how you feel or what had happened, and try to suppress your emotions and not to feel them. It's very important to try as much as you cannot to think about the situation that makes you angry, mad or irritated." (Szasz, Szentagothai, \& Hoffmann, 2011)

instruction to reappraise

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

"It might happen that in some situations in which you try to do something and you fail or things don't come up as you want, you could become angry, mad or irritated and feel some level of distress and discomfort. Next, please try to tell yourself that or would be preferable that the others are nice and/or fair to you, but if they are not, it does not mean that you or they are worthless human beings. It would be preferable that the others be nice and/or fair to you but if they are not, remember that it is only (very) bad), not catastrophic (the worst thing that could happen to you). It would be preferable that others are nice and/or fair to you, but if they are not, you can tolerate it, and go on enjoying life, even if it's more difficult at the beginning." (Szasz et al., 2011)

control

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

No instruction

Interventions

instruction to suppress

"It might happen that in some situations in which you try to do something and you fail or things don't come up as you want, you could become angry, mad or irritated and feel some level of distress and discomfort. Next, try not to think of the situation that makes you angry, mad or irritated. Please try as much as you cannot to think about the situation, don't think about how you feel or what had happened, and try to suppress your emotions and not to feel them. It's very important to try as much as you cannot to think about the situation that makes you angry, mad or irritated." (Szasz, Szentagothai, \& Hoffmann, 2011)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

instruction to reappraise

"It might happen that in some situations in which you try to do something and you fail or things don't come up as you want, you could become angry, mad or irritated and feel some level of distress and discomfort. Next, please try to tell yourself that or would be preferable that the others are nice and/or fair to you, but if they are not, it does not mean that you or they are worthless human beings. It would be preferable that the others be nice and/or fair to you but if they are not, remember that it is only (very) bad), not catastrophic (the worst thing that could happen to you). It would be preferable that others are nice and/or fair to you, but if they are not, you can tolerate it, and go on enjoying life, even if it's more difficult at the beginning." (Szasz et al., 2011)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

control

No instruction

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• age between 18 and 58 years,
• good command of German language

Exclusion Criteria

• present or past psychiatric or neurological illness,
• ongoing treatment with psychiatric drugs,
• constant consume of heroin or hallucinogenic drugs,
• alcohol dependence,
• cannabis consume two weeks before testing.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 58 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Vienna

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Danube University Krems

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Krisztina Kocsis-Bogar

academic staff

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

Klein, C., Andresen, B., & Jahn, T. (1997). Erfassung der schizotypen Persönlichkeit nach DSM-III-R: Psychometrische Eigenschaften einer autorisierten deutschsprachigen Übersetzung des

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Krohne, H. W., Egloff, B., Kohlmann, C. W., & Tausch, A. (1996). Untersuchung mit einer deutschen Form der Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Diagnostica, 42, 139-156.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Lieberman, J. D., Solomon, S., Greenberg, J. & McGregor, H. A. (1999). A hot new way to measure aggression: hot sauce allocation, Aggressive Behavior, 25, 331-348

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Schwenkmetzger, P., Hodapp, V., & Spielberger, C. D. (1992). Das State-Trait-Ärgerausdrucks-Inventar (STAXI). Bern: Huber.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Szasz PL, Szentagotai A, Hofmann SG. The effect of emotion regulation strategies on anger. Behav Res Ther. 2011 Feb;49(2):114-9. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.11.011. Epub 2010 Dec 9.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 21185551 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

DanubeUK

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id