Induction of affective mentalization to reduce psychological stess related to somatic symptoms in an online normal population sample.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00028574

Enrollment

Registered

2023-03-20

Start date

2023-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Psychological stess related to somatic symptoms

Interventions

Group 1: Induction of affective mentalization (a person with mentalizing characteristics responds to the participant:s current psychological stess related to somatic symptoms in a mentalizing manner).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: U.S. normal population sample.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Failure to pass an attention check

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Extent of body-related stress in the state (assessed by means of PHQ-15 and SSD-12 formulated in the state) and manipulation check. The body-related stress in the state (formulated according to the PHQ-15 and SSD-12 in the state) is performed directly following the induction of affective mentalization (arm 1: experimental condition) or following the performed body scan (arm 2: active control condition) or following the irrelevant flanker task (arm 3: no-treatment control condition). In addition, in the experimental condition (Arm 1), after completing the PHQ-15 as well as the SSD-12 (somatoform symptoms in the state) and the EBQ (affective mentalizing ability), the Manipulation Check will be completed, which will be used to check whether the manipulation (induction of affective mentalizing ability) was effective.	—

Measure

Time frame

Extent of body-related stress in the state (assessed by means of PHQ-15 and SSD-12 formulated in the state) and manipulation check. The body-related stress in the state (formulated according to the PHQ-15 and SSD-12 in the state) is performed directly following the induction of affective mentalization (arm 1: experimental condition) or following the performed body scan (arm 2: active control condition) or following the irrelevant flanker task (arm 3: no-treatment control condition). In addition, in the experimental condition (Arm 1), after completing the PHQ-15 as well as the SSD-12 (somatoform symptoms in the state) and the EBQ (affective mentalizing ability), the Manipulation Check will be completed, which will be used to check whether the manipulation (induction of affective mentalizing ability) was effective.

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Countries

United States

Contacts

Public ContactKlaus Michael Reininger

UKE, Institut für Psychotherapie

m.reininger@uke.uni-hamburg.de+4940741052975

Outcome results

None listed

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