Psychodynamic perspective on the US election: Quasi-experimental testing of the relationship between structural level and both depressive symptoms as well as voters' political-intentional defenses

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00035280

Enrollment

882

Registered

2024-10-29

Start date

2024-10-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F32

Interventions

Group 1: US-American MTurk users: Republicans with a high structural level The study examines how the personality structure of liberals and Republicans predicts their reaction to the outcome of the 2

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: US citizenship

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Previous participation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Political-intentional defensiveness and depressiveness (assessment using adapted DSQ-40 and CES-D-R-10)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Affective polarization (thermometer, Likert scale) Democracy-Autocracy-Preference (DAP) Democratic-Performance-Evaluation (DPE)	—

Countries

United States

Contacts

Public ContactKlaus Michael Reininger

Universitäts Klinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

m.reininger@uke.uni-hamburg.de+49 7410 52975

Outcome results

None listed

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