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Improve Relationship Quality Between Romantic Couples Using Cognitive-based Emotional Exposure Techniques and Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation

Improve Relationship Quality Between Romantic Couples Using Cognitive-based Emotional Exposure Techniques and Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2200066150
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2022-11-25
Start date
2022-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-05-15

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Conditions

No disease (studying romantic love)

Interventions

emotional exposure group:After reading the material, share the emotional feelings with partner
Electrical stimulation group:Stimulation of both prefrontal lobes with weak transcranial alternating current
sham group:Neither stimulating nor sharing the feelings

Sponsors

The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC/ Devision of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 30 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects need to meet the following conditions: heterosexual couples (both of them participate at the same time); love time between 6-18 months (the love time is calculated from the beginning of the relationship); age is 18-25 years old; no history of mental illness, He is right-handed, has normal vision or vision correction, and has no head wound; he has not participated in other electrical stimulation experiments or couples experiments within one year.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Couples with low relationship satisfaction; couples unable to concentrate or remain quiet during the experiment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
interbrain phase synchronization;Sentiment Score;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactXiaochu Zhang

The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC/ Devision of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China

zxcustc@ustc.edu.cn+86 551 6360 7295

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026