The Role of Expectations in Experimentally Induced Sadness
Status
Completed
Conditions
Healthy Participants
Treatments
Other: Placebo nasal spray
Other: Film Sequence
Details and patient eligibility
About
The study aimed at identifying whether different expectations have an impact on experiencing emotions in the form of sadness.
Enrollment
128 patients
Sex
Female
Ages
18 to 40 years old
Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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
Trial design
Primary purpose
Basic Science
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Triple Blind
128 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group
Positive placebo group
Experimental group
Description:
Participants receive a nasal spray that is a placebo. However, they are told that it protects from experiencing negative emotions. Participants watch a film sequence that is supposed to induce sadness.
Treatment:
Other: Film Sequence
Other: Placebo nasal spray
Negative placebo group
Experimental group
Description:
Participants receive a nasal spray that is a placebo. However, they are told that it sensitizes for experiencing negative emotions. Participants watch a film sequence that is supposed to induce sadness.
Treatment:
Other: Film Sequence
Other: Placebo nasal spray
Placebo control group
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
Participants receive a nasal spray that is a placebo and are told that it is a placebo. Participants watch a film sequence that is supposed to induce sadness.
Treatment:
Other: Film Sequence
Other: Placebo nasal spray
No-treatment control group
Other group
Description:
Participants do not receive the nasal spray. Participants watch a film sequence that is supposed to induce sadness.
Treatment:
Other: Film Sequence
Trial contacts and locations
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