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NCT Number: NCT04504994

Stress & Social Cognition in Borderline Personality Disorder

The investigators will examine whether perceived social exclusion provoke a reduction in prosocial behavior in BPD patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Borderline Personality Disorder Mental Disorders Personality Disorders

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Charite University

Berlin, Germany

About this study

The investigators will examine whether perceived social exclusion provoke a reduction in prosocial behavior, such as empathy, in BPD patients and whether this "fight-or-flight" pattern is also seen in other relevant aspects of social behavior, such as sharing and punishment behavior. To induce social exclusion all participants will play cyberball, either the exclusion condition or the (over)inclusion condition before testing

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

female patients with BPD and healthy control women, matched for age, body mass index, and education

Exclusion criteria

physical illness

Treatment and study plan

inclusion condition

Behavioral

cyberball game: ex- versus over-inclusion condition

Primary outcomes

  1. empathy

    Time frame: 30 minutes after cyberball

    Multifaceted Empathy Test

Secondary outcomes

  1. sharing behavior: amount of monetary units (max 30) shared with co-player

    Time frame: directly after cyberball

    Computer game

Other outcomes

  1. punishment behavior: number of accepted offers from co-player

    Time frame: 15 minutes after cyberball

    Computer game

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Other

Registry information

Official study title

"Fight-or-flight" Versus "Tend-and-befriend" Response to Behavioral and Pharmacological Interventions in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder - Part I

Acronym: SOKO-1

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Aug 7, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 15, 2022

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