F60.31
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Training I: computer-assisted training for an amelioration of emotion regulation processes (20 training days with a daily training duration of 20-30 minutes within a period of four weeks)
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Sponsors
Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Borderline Personality Disorder Patients (arm 1 and arm 2, each N=20): - 18-55 years old - diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (DSM-IV-TR) with at least 5 criteria - given consent Healthy control subjects (arm 3, N=20): - 18-55 years old - no psychiatric diagnosis - given consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Borderline Personality Disorder Patients and healthy control subjects: - no lifetime-diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar-I/II disorder - no organic brain diseases - no severe internal or neurological diseases
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measuring instruments regarding emotion regulation: - pre and post: experiment (difference scores of positive and negative affect, emotional distress, skin conductance, heart rate) - questionnaires (only pre: german version of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire by Gross and John, Abler & Kessler, 2009; pre and post: german version of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, DERS, Gratz & Roemer, 2004) Questionnaires regarding psychopathology (pre and post): - Borderline Symptom List in a version with 23 items (BSL-23, Bohus et al., 2009) - depression (Becks Depressionsinventar II, Hautzinger et al., 1995) - affective lability (Affective Lability Scale, Harvey et al., 1989) - state and trait anxiety (State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Spielberger et al., 1970) - trait anger expression (State Trait Anger Expression Inventory, Spielberger et al., 1999) - dissociation (DSS-4, Stiglmayr et al., 2009) - arousal (Self Assessment Manekin, SAM) - Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (Downey & Feldman, 1996) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - pre and post: Experiment regarding the emotional working memory (accuracy and reaction time of answers regarding distraction by emotional pictures) Questionnaires: - only pre: Personality traits (NEO-FFI-30, Körner et al., 2008) - only pre: Inventory of interpersonal problems (german version, Horowitz, Strauß & Kordy, 2000) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactJulia-Caroline Walther
Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und PsychotherapieZentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
Outcome results
None listed