Borderline Personality Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
The investigators will examine whether perceived social exclusion provoke a reduction in prosocial behavior in BPD patients.
Detailed description
The investigators will examine whether perceived social exclusion provoke a reduction in prosocial behavior, such as empathy, in BPD patients and whether this fight-or-flight pattern is also seen in other relevant aspects of social behavior, such as sharing and punishment behavior. To induce social exclusion all participants will play cyberball, either the exclusion condition or the (over)inclusion condition before testing
Interventions
BEHAVIORALinclusion condition
cyberball game: ex- versus over-inclusion condition
Sponsors
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
female patients with BPD and healthy control women, matched for age, body mass index, and education
Exclusion criteria
physical illness
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| empathy | 30 minutes after cyberball | Multifaceted Empathy Test |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sharing behavior: amount of monetary units (max 30) shared with co-player | directly after cyberball | Computer game |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| punishment behavior: number of accepted offers from co-player | 15 minutes after cyberball | Computer game |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed