You cannot change the past, but is it possible to change its impact on the present? Imagery Rescripting of a socially threatening memory in healthy participants

You cannot change the past, but is it possible to change its impact on the present? Imagery Rescripting of a socially threatening memory in healthy participants - Memories-V

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00021173

Enrollment

Registered

2020-03-27

Start date

2018-11-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F40.1

Interventions

Group 1: one single session Imagery Rescripting of a socially aversive memory (approximately 20-30 min.) Group 2: a single session control intervention (approximately 20-30 min.): participants were in

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: none

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - current or past mental illness, and serious physical illness - taking psychotropic drugs or regular intake of drugs acting on the CNS in the past 12 weeks - consumption of illegal substances in the last 3 months, as well as regular use in the past

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction of social anxiety Measure: Social phobia inventory (SPIN; Sosic, Gieler & Stangier, 2007) Literature: Sosic, Z., Gieler, U. & Stangier, U. (2007). Screening for social phobia in medical in- and outpatients with the German version of the Social Phobie Inventory (SPIN). Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2007).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1) Reduction of fear of negative evaluation one week after the experiment Measure: german version of the Fear of negative evaluation scale (FNES; Vormbrock & Neuser, 1983) 2) Reduction of negative feelings and arousal, as well as increase of valence and positive feelings with regard to the socially aversive memory immediately after the intervention, and one week after the experiment (compared to a control condition, as well as to a generally aversive control memory) Measure: subjective ratings 3) Reduction of the activity of the corrugator supercilii, heart rate and skin conductance, as well as increase in activity of the zygomaticus major during imagination of the socially aversive memory immediately after the intervention, and one week after the experiment (compared to a control condition, as well as to a generally aversive control memory) 4) Reduction of disorganization and intrusive re-experience of the socially aversive memory immediately after the intervention, and one week after the experiment (compared to a control condition, and to a generally aversive control memory) Measure: adapted version of the Memory Characteristics Questionnaire (Hagenaars, van Minnen, Hoogduin & Verbraak, 2009) 5) Changes in various cognitions related to the socially aversive memory immediately after the intervention and one week after the experiment (compared to a control condition and to a generally aversive control memory) Measure: individual items (based on QRI (Schreiber & Steil. 2012), Waterloo Images and Memories Interview (WIMI; Moscovitch, Gavric, Merrifield, Bielak & Moscovitch, 2011) Literature: Haagenars, M. A., van Minnen, A., Hoogduin, C. A. L., Verbraak, M. (2009). A transdiagnostic comparison of trauma and panic memories in PTSD, panic disorder, and healthy controls. Hournal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40, 412-422. Moscovitch, D. A., Gavric, D. L., Merrifield, C., Bielak, T. & Moscovitch, M. (2011). Retrieval properties of negative vs	—

Measure

Time frame

1) Reduction of fear of negative evaluation one week after the experiment Measure: german version of the Fear of negative evaluation scale (FNES; Vormbrock & Neuser, 1983) 2) Reduction of negative feelings and arousal, as well as increase of valence and positive feelings with regard to the socially aversive memory immediately after the intervention, and one week after the experiment (compared to a control condition, as well as to a generally aversive control memory) Measure: subjective ratings 3) Reduction of the activity of the corrugator supercilii, heart rate and skin conductance, as well as increase in activity of the zygomaticus major during imagination of the socially aversive memory immediately after the intervention, and one week after the experiment (compared to a control condition, as well as to a generally aversive control memory) 4) Reduction of disorganization and intrusive re-experience of the socially aversive memory immediately after the intervention, and one week after the experiment (compared to a control condition, and to a generally aversive control memory) Measure: adapted version of the Memory Characteristics Questionnaire (Hagenaars, van Minnen, Hoogduin & Verbraak, 2009) 5) Changes in various cognitions related to the socially aversive memory immediately after the intervention and one week after the experiment (compared to a control condition and to a generally aversive control memory) Measure: individual items (based on QRI (Schreiber & Steil. 2012), Waterloo Images and Memories Interview (WIMI; Moscovitch, Gavric, Merrifield, Bielak & Moscovitch, 2011) Literature: Haagenars, M. A., van Minnen, A., Hoogduin, C. A. L., Verbraak, M. (2009). A transdiagnostic comparison of trauma and panic memories in PTSD, panic disorder, and healthy controls. Hournal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40, 412-422. Moscovitch, D. A., Gavric, D. L., Merrifield, C., Bielak, T. & Moscovitch, M. (2011). Retrieval properties of negative vs

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRosa Bohlender

Psychotherapie und Systemneurowissenschaften, Fachbereich Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften, JLU Gießen

rosa.j.bohlender@psychol.uni-giessen.de+49-641-99-26341

Outcome results

None listed

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