The Role of Expectations in Experimentally Induced Sadness

Healthy Participants Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Role of Expectations in Experimentally Induced Sadness

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02848352
• Other study ID #: 2016-02v
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 29, 2016
• Last updated: April 4, 2017
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: October 2016

Study information

• Verified date: July 2016
• Source: Philipps University Marburg Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study aimed at identifying whether different expectations have an impact on experiencing emotions in the form of sadness.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 128
• Est. completion date: October 2016
• Est. primary completion date: October 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• fluent in German language

Exclusion Criteria:

• major depression

• current intake of psychotropic medication

• drug intake within the last two weeks

• alcohol consumption within the last twelve hours

• allergic to capsaicin

• allergic to sesame oil

• students in medicine, pharmacy, or psychology in their third year or older

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Participants

Intervention

Other:
• Placebo nasal spray

• Film Sequence

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Philipps University Marburg	Marburg	Hessen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Philipps University Marburg Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Sadness (PANAS-X)		Directly after watching the film sequence, no follow-up assessments