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Social perception and approach tendencies in patients with major depression

Social perception and approach tendencies in patients with major depression

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00003563
Enrollment
60
Registered
2012-03-19
Start date
2012-04-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

DSM-IV 296.2: major depression, single episode DSM-IV 296.3: major depression, recurrent F32 F33

Interventions

Group 1: Patients: A computer task (Approach-Avoidance Task) is used, where emotional faces are showed on a computer screen and the participants have to react to the emotion by moving a joystick. Ther

Sponsors

Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität Duisburg-Essen
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: DSM-IV-TR major depression

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: social phobia or prosopagnosia

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Primary outcome is the reaction tendency of the subject towards the emotional face expressed in reaction time, the direction and the amount of a joystick movement

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Using a coping-style questionnaire it will be assessed if we find interactions between reaction tendencies in the approach-avoidance task and coping styles. We use the subscale 1 “Proaktive Coping” of the German version of the Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI) and additional Items based on the questionaires Brief COPE and the HAKEMP 90.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFranziska Güths

Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität Duisburg-Essen

franziska.gueths@gmx.de+49 201 8707 381

Outcome results

None listed

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