The Effect of Mood Induction in Body Image Through Virtual Reality (EMOTION)

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Happiness; Sadness

Treatments: Other: Happiness induction; Other: Sadness induction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04617886

1127840

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of emotional induction of sadness (vs. joy) on the mental representation of the body image through the virtual reality

Full description

The general objective of this study is to analyze the impact of emotional induction (sadness vs. joy) on the two dimensions (perceptive and affective) of body image with the help of virtual reality. Thus, it is hypothesized that a negative emotional induction may partially explain the change in body image measures.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 13 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria for CLINICAL population:

• ED diagnosis: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa or Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
• BDI-II - depression symptomatology scores <29 (for ethical reasons)
• Age between 13 and 18

Exclusion Criteria for CLINICAL population:

• suicide risk: the decision of the psychiatrist/psychologist
• present any medical illness or physical incapacity that could impede the experiment
• diagnosis of Binge Eating Disorder
• Body Mass Index <14 or > 28
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Sadness condition

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Happiness induction

Other: Sadness induction

Happiness condition

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Happiness induction

Other: Sadness induction