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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
117 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2022-09-06
2023-03-13
Brief Summary
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Participants will fulfill several questionnaires and perform the Heartbeat Counting Task. Then, they will receive a negative mood induction procedure, after which they will be instructed to perform a spontaneous emotion regulation task. The mood will be assessed before and after the induction, as well as after the emotion regulation task. It is expected that greater interoceptive abilities will show a greater reduction of negative mood after the emotion regulation task than individuals with lower interoceptive abilities.
Detailed Description
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The whole study is conducted in one single 1-hour session. First, participants will be screened to check eligibility inclusion/exclusion criteria. Second, eligible participants will complete baseline measures, namely, trait emotion regulation abilities and interoceptive abilities. Third, participants will complete a mood rating scale, after which they will be applied a negative mood induction procedure (MIP) that has previously been shown to effectively induce sadness. During this MIP, the heart rate variability will be recorded. Next, participants will complete the mood rating scale again. Later, they will perform a spontaneous emotion regulation task. In this task, participants will have 2 min to do, say, and/or think about whatever they need to feel better. Afterwards, participants will again rate their mood and complete the final measures regarding state emotion regulation. Finally, participants will receive a positive MIP (while recording their heart rate variability) and be debriefed. The study will be conducted following the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Study Groups
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Healthy individuals
Adult individuals recruited from the community through announcements at the university and social media
Negative mood induction procedure
The negative mood induction procedure (MIP) used in this study has previously been shown to effectively induce sadness. This MIP takes place in a virtual environment of an urban park and includes the following methods to induce negative mood: 1) Velten's tasks, consisting of interactive phrase formulations with negative thoughts and beliefs about the self (e.g., "I don't have any future"); 2) visualizing International Affective Pictures; and 3) recalling a negative autobiographical memory related to a significant loss (e.g., a person, a pet).
Spontaneous emotion regulation task
Participants are instructed to use whatever strategy they want by doing, saying, and/or thinking whatever they want to feel better for 2 min
Positive mood induction procedure
The positive mood induction procedure (MIP) used in this study has previously been shown to effectively induce sadness. This MIP takes place in a virtual environment of an urban park and includes the following methods to induce positive mood: 1) Velten's tasks, consisting of interactive phrase formulations with positive thoughts and beliefs (e.g., "Life is wonderful"); 2) visualizing International Affective Pictures; and 3) recalling a positive autobiographical memory
Interventions
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Negative mood induction procedure
The negative mood induction procedure (MIP) used in this study has previously been shown to effectively induce sadness. This MIP takes place in a virtual environment of an urban park and includes the following methods to induce negative mood: 1) Velten's tasks, consisting of interactive phrase formulations with negative thoughts and beliefs about the self (e.g., "I don't have any future"); 2) visualizing International Affective Pictures; and 3) recalling a negative autobiographical memory related to a significant loss (e.g., a person, a pet).
Spontaneous emotion regulation task
Participants are instructed to use whatever strategy they want by doing, saying, and/or thinking whatever they want to feel better for 2 min
Positive mood induction procedure
The positive mood induction procedure (MIP) used in this study has previously been shown to effectively induce sadness. This MIP takes place in a virtual environment of an urban park and includes the following methods to induce positive mood: 1) Velten's tasks, consisting of interactive phrase formulations with positive thoughts and beliefs (e.g., "Life is wonderful"); 2) visualizing International Affective Pictures; and 3) recalling a positive autobiographical memory
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Absent symptoms of depression as described by scores ≤ 8 in the depression dimension of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (Terol-Cantero et al., 2015; Zigmond \& Snaith, 1983)
* Not having cognitive, psychiatric, or neurological impairments (self-reported by participants)
Exclusion Criteria
* A medical condition that prevents participation in this study
* History of traumatic event exposure as self-reported.
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Valencia
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Rosa M. Baños Rivera
Full Professor
Principal Investigators
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Rosa M Baños, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Univeristy of Valencia
Locations
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Neurorrehabilitation Service of Hospital VIthas Aguas Vivas
Carcaixent, Valencia, Spain
Neurorrehabiltiation Service of Hospital Vithas Virgen del Consuelo
Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, University of Valencia
Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Countries
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References
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Baños, R. M., Liaño, V., Botella, C., Alcañiz, M., Guerrero, B., & Rey, B. (2006). Changing Induced Moods Via Virtual Reality. In W. Ijsselsteijn, Y. de Kort, C. Midden, B. Eggen, & E. van den Hoven (Eds.), Persuasive technology. Lecture notes in computer science (pp. 7-15). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/11755494_3
Velten E Jr. A laboratory task for induction of mood states. Behav Res Ther. 1968 Nov;6(4):473-82. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(68)90028-4. No abstract available.
Lang, P. J., Bradley, M. M., & Cuthbert, B. N. (1999). International affective picture system (IAPS). Instruction manual and affective ratings. The Center for Research in Psychophysiology, University of Florida
Eich, E., & Metcalfe, J. (1989). Mood dependent memory for internal versus external events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 15(3), 443-455. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.15.3.443
Sanz, J. (2001). An instrument to evaluate the efficacy of mood induction procedures: The Scale for Mood Assessment. Análisis y Modificación de Conducta, 27(111), 71-110.
Lavender JM, Tull MT, DiLillo D, Messman-Moore T, Gratz KL. Development and Validation of a State-Based Measure of Emotion Dysregulation. Assessment. 2017 Mar;24(2):197-209. doi: 10.1177/1073191115601218. Epub 2016 Jul 27.
Katz BA, Lustig N, Assis Y, Yovel I. Measuring regulation in the here and now: The development and validation of the State Emotion Regulation Inventory (SERI). Psychol Assess. 2017 Oct;29(10):1235-1248. doi: 10.1037/pas0000420. Epub 2016 Dec 12.
Pollatos O, Herbert BM, Mai S, Kammer T. Changes in interoceptive processes following brain stimulation. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2016 Nov 19;371(1708):20160016. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0016. Epub 2016 Oct 10.
Mehling WE, Acree M, Stewart A, Silas J, Jones A. The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, Version 2 (MAIA-2). PLoS One. 2018 Dec 4;13(12):e0208034. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208034. eCollection 2018.
Gratz, K. L., & Roemer, L. (2004). Multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation and dysregulation: Development, factor structure, and initial validation of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 26(1), 41-54.
Hervás, G., & Jódar, R. (2008). The Spanish version of the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. Clínica y Salud, 19(2), 139-156.
Terol-Cantero, M. C., Cabrera-Perona, V., & Martín-Aragón, M. (2015). Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) review in Spanish samples. Anales de Psicología, 31(2), 494-503. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.31.2.172701
Zigmond AS, Snaith RP. The hospital anxiety and depression scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1983 Jun;67(6):361-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb09716.x.
Other Identifiers
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FPU18/01690
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
1533450
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id