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Effects of Social Exclusion in The Context of Chronic Embitterment

NCT04350515 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 69

Last updated 2023-03-30

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Summary

This experimental, anonymous labor study aims to examine how experiences of social exclusion influence individuals in their fairness-behaviour, psychophysical reactions, and emotion regulation depending on their extent of bitterness. Points given for fairness reasons, just world belief, rejection sensitivity, well-being, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and heart rate variability (HRV) are measured and analyzed using structural equation modeling and multiple regression.

Conditions

  • Emotional Stress
  • Embitterment

Interventions

OTHER

Cyberball: Other Exclusion

A cyberball paradigm, whereas 2 avatars and the subject are playing a virtual ball tossing game. In this condition, one of the avatars is excluded.

OTHER

Cyberball: Player Exclusion

A cyberball paradigm, whereas 2 avatars and the subject are playing a virtual ball tossing game. In this condition, the subject is excluded by the avatars.

OTHER

Mindfulness: Emotion Regulation Task

In this task, subjects listen to an audio file containing a scripted emotion regulation exercise. This exercise is based by the authors Nissen \& Sturm (2018). It takes around 14 minutes to complete the whole task.

OTHER

Mindfulness: Word Recognition Task

In this task, subjects listen to an audio file containing a scripted word recognition exercise. It contains both contrary words recognition (e.g. "The opposite of loud is ...") and completion of german sayings (e.g. "That's where the dog is..."). It takes around 14 minutes to complete the whole task.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dennis Koroma, M.Sc. · University of Bern, Department of Psychology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-20
Primary Completion
2020-06-30
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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