Self perception and self knowledge retrieval in online role-players before and after psychotherapy

Self perception and self knowledge retrieval in online role-players before and after psychotherapy - INSEL

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00003423

Enrollment

Registered

2012-04-23

Start date

2012-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Online role-playing addiction

Interventions

Group 1: N=30 Addicted online role-players directly receiving STICA, the 4 month treatment program combining fiveteen 90-minute group interventions and eight 50-minute individual interventions based o

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Age

18 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Men between 18 and 45 years of age - Right handedness - Diagnosis of online role-game playing addiction according to AICA and Ko et al. (2008) for the groups of addicted online role-players - Individuals who don't fulfil the diagnostic criteria for online role-game addiction according to AICA and Ko et al. (2008) will be included in the non-addicted group - No psychotropic medication within the last four weeks prior to neuroimaging assessments - Ability to provide fully informed consent and to use self-rating questionnaires - Written Informed Consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Any current substance dependence other than nicotine and caffeine within the last year - Any current psychiatric disorder diagnosis that requires pharmacological treatment - Lifetime history of organic psychiatric disorders - History of severe head trauma or other severe central neurological disorder - Participants who require concomitant therapy with any medications that affects the central nervous system - Insufficient German language skills - Limited legal capacity or incapacity to provide written informed consent - Deafness and blindness - MRI contraindications (i.e. pacemakers, metal in the body) - Positive rapid drug test (urine)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self perception and self knowledge retrieval in online role-players before and after psychotherapy are assessed by self-rating questionnaires (e.g. Fragebogen zum Körperbild zur Erfassung der körperlichen Attraktivität FKB-20; Clement & Löwe, 1996, Emotionale-Kompetenz Fragebogen EKF; Rindermann, 2009, Avatar Identification Scale; Klein, 2011, Skala zur Erfassung des Selbstwerts: Rosenberg Skala; Rosenberg, 1965) and the two fMRI paradigms (Self Perception Task and Self Knowledge Retrieval Task). The total investigation includes three appointments (two before and one after psychotherapy or after 4 months for the waiting-list group). The first visit involves written informed consent, screen for fMRI eligibility, SKID I and II, Ko criteria, photoshooting and screenshot of the own avatar. At the second visit patients will perform the questionnaires and will be scanned with fMRI. In order to assess psychotherapy effects the third visit will include only the assessment (questionnaires and fMRI scanning) of addicted groups.	—

Measure

Time frame

Self perception and self knowledge retrieval in online role-players before and after psychotherapy are assessed by self-rating questionnaires (e.g. Fragebogen zum Körperbild zur Erfassung der körperlichen Attraktivität FKB-20; Clement & Löwe, 1996, Emotionale-Kompetenz Fragebogen EKF; Rindermann, 2009, Avatar Identification Scale; Klein, 2011, Skala zur Erfassung des Selbstwerts: Rosenberg Skala; Rosenberg, 1965) and the two fMRI paradigms (Self Perception Task and Self Knowledge Retrieval Task). The total investigation includes three appointments (two before and one after psychotherapy or after 4 months for the waiting-list group). The first visit involves written informed consent, screen for fMRI eligibility, SKID I and II, Ko criteria, photoshooting and screenshot of the own avatar. At the second visit patients will perform the questionnaires and will be scanned with fMRI. In order to assess psychotherapy effects the third visit will include only the assessment (questionnaires and fMRI scanning) of addicted groups.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Cue reactivity assessed by the Self Perception Paradigm during fMRI, where pictures of WOW associated stimuli are presented (second and third visit).	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactTagrid Leménager

Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Klinik für Abhängiges Verhalten und Suchtmedizin

tagrid.lemenager@zi-mannheim.de0621 1703-3907

Outcome results

None listed

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