Trait Injustice, Social Exclusion, and Anger

Universitat Jaume I

Status: Completed

Conditions: General Population

Treatments: Other: Cyberball experimental task

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04288908

InjusticeUJI

Details and patient eligibility

About

Participants will be randomly allocated to one of two experimental conditions: social exclusion or social inclusion. Participants, but not experimenters will be blind to the assignment. Pre- and post-tests will be administered. Participants will be offered 7 euros in compensation for participating.

Enrollment: 131 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over 18 years of age
• Signs the informed consent
• Can read and understand Spanish

Exclusion criteria

• Being younger than 18 years of age
• Does not sign the informed consent
• Cannot read or understand Spanish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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131 participants in 2 patient groups

Social exclusion

Experimental group

Description:

Cyberball is a ball-passing task in which the participant plays with two virtual players. In this condition, the user receives fewer passes than the other two participants (i.e., 10 out of 60).

Treatment:

Other: Cyberball experimental task

Social inclusion

Active Comparator group

Description:

Cyberball is a ball-passing task in which the participant plays with two virtual players. In this condition, the user receives a comparable number of passes than the other two participants (i.e., 20 out of 60).

Treatment:

Other: Cyberball experimental task