The survey does not collect data on direct health issues, but rather psychometric data on empathy, personality, and prosocial behavior.
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Prosocial behavior is assessed following experimentally induced social exclusion. The manipulation is carried out using the Cyberball paradigm, a computer-based ball-passing game in which par
Sponsors
Universita¨tsklinikum Du¨sseldorf, Klinisches Institut fu¨r Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participation in the study requires a sufficient command of German, as all questionnaires and instructions are available exclusively in German.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants who do not have sufficient knowledge of German and cannot fully understand the content will be informed of this before the study begins and will not take part in the data collection.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The aim of the project is to experimentally investigate how social inclusion, compared to social exclusion (ostracism), affects the degree of empathy. Empathy is operationalized indirectly through prosocial behavior and measured based on the amount of money distributed in an adapted Dictator Game. Endpoints/Outcomes: Prosocial behavior, operationalized via the amount of money allocated in the Dictator Game. Definition: The amount of money (in monetary units) that a participant allocates to another person (external allocation) following the Cyberball manipulation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Manipulation Check – Subjectively Perceived Social Exclusion Definition: Perception of exclusion in the Cyberball game. 2. Moderation by Personality Traits (Big Five, NEO-FFI-30) Definition: Interaction between experimental condition (inclusion vs. exclusion) and personality on prosocial behavior. 3. Trait empathy (SPF-IRI) Definition: Participants’ dispositional empathy. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAnna Kisic
Universita¨tsklinikum Du¨sseldorf, Klinisches Institut fu¨r Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Outcome results
None listed