Associations between Death Anxiety, Intergroup Hostility and Sexuality

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00039254

Enrollment

567

Registered

2026-04-21

Start date

2026-04-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

F60.8 F52

Interventions

Group 1: Adult participants from the U.S. general population will complete a one-time, 25-minute online survey administered via the CloudResearch platform. The survey assesses sociodemographic charact

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Provision of informed consent prior to participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Incomplete responses on key questionnaires - Implausible or inconsistent response patterns (e.g., extremely short completion time or failed attention checks)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome is hostility toward the least-liked social group. Participants will first be presented with a list of different social groups and asked to select the group they like the least (“least liked group”), following the procedure described by Verkuyten et al. (2024). Attitudes toward this selected group will then be assessed using several items capturing, among others, the following dimensions: perceived threat to society, attributed moral integrity, perceived patriotism, perceived tolerance, willingness to cooperate, willingness to compromise, and perceived similarity to one’s own group. Responses will be recorded on continuous scales ranging from -50 to +50, and the individual items will be combined into a composite score of intergroup hostility.	—

Measure

Time frame

Primary outcome is hostility toward the least-liked social group. Participants will first be presented with a list of different social groups and asked to select the group they like the least (“least liked group”), following the procedure described by Verkuyten et al. (2024). Attitudes toward this selected group will then be assessed using several items capturing, among others, the following dimensions: perceived threat to society, attributed moral integrity, perceived patriotism, perceived tolerance, willingness to cooperate, willingness to compromise, and perceived similarity to one’s own group. Responses will be recorded on continuous scales ranging from -50 to +50, and the individual items will be combined into a composite score of intergroup hostility.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The secondary endpoint of the study is sexual functioning, assessed across multiple dimensions. This includes sexual desire (SDI-2), sexual experience (ASEX), sexual excitation and inhibition tendencies (SIS/SES), aggressive sexual fantasies (ASF), and hypersexual behavior (HBI). All items are measured on continuous scales ranging from -50 to +50, allowing for a quantitative assessment of various aspects of sexual functioning.	—

Measure

Time frame

The secondary endpoint of the study is sexual functioning, assessed across multiple dimensions. This includes sexual desire (SDI-2), sexual experience (ASEX), sexual excitation and inhibition tendencies (SIS/SES), aggressive sexual fantasies (ASF), and hypersexual behavior (HBI). All items are measured on continuous scales ranging from -50 to +50, allowing for a quantitative assessment of various aspects of sexual functioning.

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Countries

United States

Contacts

Public ContactKlaus Michael Reininger

Institut für Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

m.reininger@uke.de+49 (0) 40 7410 - 5297

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026