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The role of attentional control for expectation effects on emotional processing in individuals with and without depression

The role of attentional control for expectation effects on emotional processing in individuals with and without depression

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00032363
Enrollment
152
Registered
2023-07-28
Start date
2021-04-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

F32 F33

Interventions

Group 1: Healthy subjects (N= 40) undergo a baseline examination (with measurement of attention control) and a behavioural experiment on expectation processes (two experiment days). Baseline: declara

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: clinical group: - signed declaration of consent - treatment-requiring psychiatric disease with depressive syndrome healthy control group: - signed declaration of consent - MRI-compatible

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: clinical group: - neurological disease - psychotic disorder - bipolar disorder in manic phase - Dependency disease healthy control group: - History of psychiatric or neurological disease - current intake of effective central nervous drugs

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Attention control: measured via singleton task at baseline day 2. mood-change (captured via VAS [time frame: baseline, before and after expectation induction during the experimental days] 3. Behavioral results in an emotion classification task (arm 1 and 3) or emotion interference task (arm 1 and 2) on both experimental days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
applies for all Arms: 1. Expectation of the treatment with the nasal spray on the experimental days recorded by means of GEEE [time frame: after induction of expectation on the experimental days] 2. Experience through the treatment with the nasal spray on the experimental days recorded by means of GEEE [time frame: at the end of each experimental day] applies only for arm 3: 3. Severity of depressive symptoms (assessed by BDI-II and MADRS [time frame: baseline) 4. Previous experience with antidepressants and psychotherapy recorded by structured interview/GEEE [time frame: baseline]

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLeonie Schmidt

Universtiätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

leonie.schmidt-1@studium.uni-hamburg.de+49 40 7410 54865

Outcome results

None listed

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