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The study aimed at identifying whether different expectations have an impact on experiencing emotions in the form of sadness.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Positive placebo group | Experimental | 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. |
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| Negative placebo group | Experimental | 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. |
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| Placebo control group | Placebo Comparator | 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. |
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| No-treatment control group | Other | Participants do not receive the nasal spray. Participants watch a film sequence that is supposed to induce sadness. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Placebo nasal spray | Other |
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| Film Sequence |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Sadness (PANAS-X) | Directly after watching the film sequence, no follow-up assessments |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Winfried Rief, Professor | Philipps University Marburg | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Philipps University Marburg | Marburg | Hesse | 35037 | Germany |
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