Emotion Regulation in Trait Schizotypy
Emotion Regulation in Individuals With High and Low Trait Schizotypy. A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Suppression and Reappraisal
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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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Mar 2016
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 31, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 30, 2017
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 1, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 3, 2018
CompletedOctober 9, 2018
October 1, 2018
1.2 years
October 1, 2018
October 5, 2018
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
state anger
measured by the German version of State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (Schwenkmetzger, Hodapp, \& Spielberger, 1992)
3 minutes
state negative emotions
measured by the German Version of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Krohne, Egloff, Kohlmann, \& Tausch, 1996)
3 minutes
state positive emotions
measured by the German Version of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Krohne, Egloff, Kohlmann, \& Tausch, 1996)
3 minutes
aggressive behavior
measured by the amount of chili measured by the Hot Sauce Paradigm (Lieberman, Solomon, Greenberg, \& McGregor, 1999)
3 minutes
Study Arms (2)
Low schizotypy
OTHERSchizotypy score \< 14 measured by the German Version of Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (Klein, Andresen, \& Jahn, 1997)
High schizotypy
OTHERSchizotypy score ≥ 14 measured by the German Version of Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (Klein, Andresen, \& Jahn, 1997)
Interventions
"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)
"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)
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- age between 18 and 58 years,
- good command of German language
You may not qualify if:
- 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.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Danube University Kremslead
- University of Viennacollaborator
Related Publications (5)
Klein, C., Andresen, B., & Jahn, T. (1997). Erfassung der schizotypen Persönlichkeit nach DSM-III-R: Psychometrische Eigenschaften einer autorisierten deutschsprachigen Übersetzung des
BACKGROUNDKrohne, 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.
BACKGROUNDLieberman, 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
BACKGROUNDSchwenkmetzger, P., Hodapp, V., & Spielberger, C. D. (1992). Das State-Trait-Ärgerausdrucks-Inventar (STAXI). Bern: Huber.
BACKGROUNDSzasz 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.
PMID: 21185551BACKGROUND
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- academic staff
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 1, 2018
First Posted
October 3, 2018
Study Start
March 1, 2016
Primary Completion
May 31, 2017
Study Completion
September 30, 2017
Last Updated
October 9, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-10