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Negativity bias in social information processing in borderline personality disorder.

Negativity bias in social information processing in borderline personality disorder. - NB_BPD

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00006159
Enrollment
168
Registered
2014-07-09
Start date
2014-10-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

F60.31 F40.1

Interventions

Group 1: We will recruit inpatients and outpatients with borderline personality disorder at the Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim. Fi
Loranger et al. 1994) will be used to diagnose BPD, the severity of the disorder will be assessed via the Borderline Symptom List (BSL
Bohus et al., 2001, 2007). To detect further Axis-I-Disorders, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV (SKID-I
Wittchen et al., 1997) is conducted. Within inpatients, these diagnostics are omitted partially or fully in case they were diagnosed in the course of the treatment programme. Diagnostics is also omitt
Sosic et al., 2008) to measure symptoms of social anxiety. Additionally, at the beginning and at the end of the study, participants are asked to evaluate their aversive tension using the DSS-Acute (St

Sponsors

Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Inclusion criteria for all participants: Female, Written consent for participation. - Additional inclusion criteria for BPD patients: BPD according to DSM-5 (at least 5 criteria met). - Additional inclusion criteria for patients with SAD: Diagnosis of social anxiety disorder according to DSM-5.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Exclusion criteria for all participants: Life-time diagnosis of schizophrenic or bipolar affective disorders, substance dependency within the last 6 months, organic brain disease, intake of psychotropic medication during the last 4 weeks. - Additional exclusion criteria for HC participants: Recent or life-time diagnosis of a mental disorder, more than two DSM-IV criteria for BPD met. - Additional exclusion criteria for patients with BPD: Diagnosis of social anxiety disorder according to DSM-5. - Additional exclusion criteria for patients with SAD: More than two DSM-IV criteria for BPD met.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Number of correct responses

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
reaction time, eye movement, electrodermal activity

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactInga Niedtfeld

ZI Mannheim

inga.niedtfeld@zi-mannheim.de062117034403

Outcome results

None listed

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