Effective mentalisation and somatic stress: correlations and effects

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00039168

Enrollment

162

Registered

2026-05-07

Start date

2026-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Physical stress

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention to teach affective mentalisation skills (a person with mentalising traits responds to the participants' current physical stress by mentalising) Group 2: No-treatment control cond

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of F45 (somatoform disorders)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: hypochondria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Extent of body-related stress in the state (assessed using PHQ-15 and SSD-12 formulated in the state) and manipulation check Affective mentalisation competence is taught in three sessions (50 min). State-related physical stress (as measured by PHQ-15 and SSD-12 in state) is assessed immediately after the last induction of affective mentalisation (arm 1: experimental condition). In the control condition (arm 2), the identical questionnaires are completed online at three points in time without prior induction of affective mentalisation. In the experimental condition (arm 1), after completing the PHQ-15, the SSD-12 (somatoform symptoms in state) and the EBQ (affective mentalisation ability), the manipulation check is completed to verify whether the manipulation (induction of affective mentalisation ability) was effective.	—

Measure

Time frame

Extent of body-related stress in the state (assessed using PHQ-15 and SSD-12 formulated in the state) and manipulation check Affective mentalisation competence is taught in three sessions (50 min). State-related physical stress (as measured by PHQ-15 and SSD-12 in state) is assessed immediately after the last induction of affective mentalisation (arm 1: experimental condition). In the control condition (arm 2), the identical questionnaires are completed online at three points in time without prior induction of affective mentalisation. In the experimental condition (arm 1), after completing the PHQ-15, the SSD-12 (somatoform symptoms in state) and the EBQ (affective mentalisation ability), the manipulation check is completed to verify whether the manipulation (induction of affective mentalisation ability) was effective.

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Countries

Germany

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: Aug 10, 2026