Trial · NCT07036744
When The Mirror Is Wrong
NCT07036744, Not applicable, Completed, University of Coimbra
3 sourcestrials-2026-11-12-0.5.0
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ConductScience Library. When The Mirror Is Wrong. Trials, record NCT07036744. Release trials-2026-11-12-0.5.0, 12 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/trials/NCT07036744
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Trial
As registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, in the graph's capture of the registry.
- Title
- When The Mirror Is Wrong
- NCT number
- NCT07036744
- Status
- Completed
- Phases
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 18 participants, actual
- Lead sponsor
- University of Coimbra
- Conditions
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Interventions
- MIND-over-MIRROR
- First posted
- 2025-06-25
- Last updated
- 2026-07-06
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Registered outcomes9
Each outcome the trial registered, primary first, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.
| List | Outcome | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Appearance Anxiety Inventory | Baseline, Weeks 1-8, 3-month follow-up | The Appearance Anxiety Inventory (AAI) is a brief 10 item self-report scale that assesses the cognitive and behavioral aspects of BDD in particular. This scale was specifically developed by the original authors as both an outcome and process measure, since it can track changes in these processes and behaviors during treatment. Besides its global score, the AAI includes three subscales: threat monitoring, camouflaging, and avoidance. Each item is scored on a 4-point scale ranging from not at all (0) to much more than most people (3). A score equal or above 21 is considered high risk body image anxiety and/or Body Dysmorphic Disorder. |
| Primary | Dysmorphic Concern Questionnaire | Baseline, Week 8, 3-month follow-up | The DCQ measures a person's degree of dysmorphic concern (i.e., the excessive preoccupation or concern with a perceived minor defect in one's physical appearance). This is a self-report measure with seven items, reporting on cognitive and behavioural aspects of dysmorphic concern. Each item is phrased with the question, "Have you ever…?" (e.g., "…been very concerned about some aspect of your physical appearance"). Each item is scored on a 4-point scale ranging from not at all (0) to much more than most people (3). |
| Secondary | Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 | Baseline, Week 8, 3-month follow-up | : The PHQ-9 is a brief nine-item questionnaire used to screen for the severity of depression in adults. It's based on DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder and assesses symptoms like depressed mood, loss of interest, fatigue, and suicidal ideation. All items are rated on a four-point scale from not at all (0) to nearly every day (3). |
| Secondary | Change in the Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory - 24 | Baseline, Week 8, 3-month follow-up | The MPFI-24 is a 24-item self-report scale for the assessment of psychological flexibility/inflexibility, comprised by 12 subscales, representing psychological flexibility (i.e., Acceptance, Present Moment Awareness, Self as Context, Defusion, Values, Committed Action) and psychological inflexibility (i.e., Experiential Avoidance, Lack of Contact with the Present Moment, Self as Content, Fusion, Lack of Contact with Values, Inaction). Items (e.g., "I opened myself to all of my feelings, the good and the bad") are answered on a 6-point Likert scale (ranging from 1 = 'never true' to 6 = 'always true') reporting to the previous 2 weeks. The scores of the 6 flexibility and 6 inflexibility subscales can be averaged to create a composite score representing global flexibility and inflexibility, respectively. Previous psychometric information indicates good to excellent internal consistency values. |
| Secondary | Self-compassion Scale | Baseline, Week 8, Follow-Up 3 Months | The SCS is a 26-item self-report questionnaire that measures six components of self-compassion: self-kindness (five items); self-judgment (five items); common humanity (four items); isolation (four items); mindfulness (four items); and overidentification (four items). Mean scores on the six subscales can be averaged (after reverse-coding negative items) to create an overall self-compassion score. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always), with good psychometric properties. |
| Secondary | Psychological Flexibility for Body Image | Baseline, Week 8, Follow-Up 3 Months | The Psy-Flex-BI assesses body image-related psychological flexibility. Just like the Psy-Flex, a general psychological flexibility measure, it includes all six skills assumed to comprise psychological flexibility according to ACT theory. This scale is a 6-item measure (e.g., I can look at hindering thoughts regarding my physical appearance from a distance without letting them control me.), and items are rated on a scale from 5 ("very often") to 1 ("very rarely"). The scale was developed under the current project and has presented great psychometric properties. |
| Secondary | Forms of Self-criticizing/Attacking and Self-reassuring Scale | Baseline, Week 8, Follow-Up 3 Months | The FSCRS is a 22-item self-report questionnaire that measures how participants typically think and react in situations where things go wrong. The scale comprises three subscales that assess two forms of self-criticism (Inadequate Self and Hated Self) and the ability to self-soothe (Reassured Self). Participants are asked to respond according to a 5-point Likert scale ranging from (0) Not at all like me to (4) Extremely like me. The scale has consistently showed good psychometric properties. |
| Other | Emotion Recognition Task | Baseline and Follow-Up 3 Months | The Emotion Recognition Task measures the ability to identify five basic emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust) in facial expressions along a continuum. A neutral condition was also included. For this study, brief videos (2s) depicting different facial expressions of real individuals were selected from the FACES database (Ebner et al., 2010). Each video is displayed on the screen, one at a time, and then the participant must select which emotion the face displayed from the 5 available options. The outcome measures for ERT cover percentage and number of correct or incorrect answers and overall response latencies. While completing this task, neuroimaging data will also be collected using fNIRS. |
| Other | Emotional Stroop task | Baseline and Follow-Up 3 Months | This task measures information processing for assessing emotions. The emotional Stroop task works by examining the response time of the participant to name colours of words presented to them. For this study, experimental stimuli were five 10-word lists developed in line with the following categories: (a) BDD-positive, (b) BDD-negative, (c) general positive, (d) general negative, and (e) neutral. Each word is displayed on the screen, one at a time, in a randomised colour (red, green, blue, and yellow) and the participant is asked to select the keyboard key corresponding to the word's colour, ignoring the word's meaning. The outcome measures for this task cover percentage and number of correct or incorrect answers, and overall response latencies. While completing this task, neuroimaging data will also be collected using fNIRS. |
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Outcomes0
Each outcome the trial posted results for, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.
None in this release.
Results by group0
Each measurement the trial posted, group by group, in the words and numbers it posted.
None in this release.
Participant flow0
How many started, completed or left each group, period by period.
None in this release.
Adverse events0
Each adverse event the trial posted, group by group: the participants affected out of those at risk.
None in this release.
Adverse event totals0
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None in this release.
Papers0
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None in this release.
Grants0
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None in this release.
Trial comparisons0
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None in this release.
Tests3
The ConductCognition tests this trial's registered outcomes name, as ScienceGraph matched them in trial-tests-2026-11-12-0.2.1.
| Test | Named as | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Emoji Emotion Recognition | Other outcome | ConductCognition |
| Emotional Stroop Task | Other outcome | ConductCognition |
| Stroop Color-Word Test | Other outcome | ConductCognition |
Data dates
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Sources 3
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
- ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
- NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project filesPublic domain
Each source's terms
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
- ClinicalTrials.govnone stated
- NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project filesPublic domain (NIH RePORTER)
ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions.
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