N/A
N=80
Emotion Regulation and Emotion Perception
Emotions
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03790878 ↗Enrolled (actual)
80
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Feb 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: The Ability to Perceive Negative and Positive Emotional Expressions, as Measured by a Behavioral Computer-based Assessment — 77.31; 81.93; 84.85 Percent of correct responses — p=0.018
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Mindful Breathing (Behavioral); Habituation (Behavioral); Control (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Duke University
- Primary completion
- Dec 2019
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY The Ability to Perceive Negative and Positive Emotional Expressions, as Measured by a Behavioral Computer-based Assessment |
77.31; 81.93; 84.85 | 0.018 sig |
| PRIMARY Changes in Emotion Perception, as Measured by a Phone-based Behavioral Assessment |
5.19; 5.3; 5.23 | 0.396 |
| SECONDARY Change in Emotional Distress, as Measured by Subjective Units of Distress (SUDS) |
1.14; 0.61; 0.56 | 0.002 sig |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a brief, emotion regulation intervention on the ability to perceive other people's emotions.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- ages 18-55;
- have a smartphone and agree to receive text-messages;
- have difficulty with their relationships or social interactions;
- high emotion dysregulation, assessed with the Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)(Gratz & Roemer, 2004) with scores over 90.
Exclusion Criteria
- Current mania;
- Meets full criteria for any current psychotic disorder;
- Currently/chronically homeless;
- Current suicidal ideation;
- Psychiatric hospitalization within past 6 months;
- Unable to read, blind or deaf. Our previous study recruited only participants who were currently in treatment, but this study will include both participants who are currently in treatment, as well as those who are not in treatment.
- high self-reported autistic traits, as assessed by the Autism Spectrum Quotient (Auyeung & Baron-Cohen, 2012).
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03790878). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.