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Interoception and Emotion Regulation

NCT05684614 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2023-12-12

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Summary

The goal of this observational study is to examine the role of interoception in emotion regulation of negative mood in healthy individuals.

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.

Conditions

  • Mood Change
  • Emotion Regulation

Interventions

OTHER

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).

OTHER

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

OTHER

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Valencia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rosa M Baños, PhD · Univeristy of Valencia

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-06
Primary Completion
2023-03-13
Completion
2023-03-13

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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