Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-06 @ 7:47 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:14 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06136676
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2023-11-18
First Post:
2023-11-13
Brief Title:
From the Heart Comparing the Effects of Spiritual and Secular Meditation on Psychophysiology Cognition Mental Health and Social Functioning in Healthy Adults
Sponsor:
Coventry University
Organization:
Coventry University
Study Overview
Official Title:
From the Heart Multi-Centre Study Comparing the Effects of Spiritual and Secular Meditation on Psychophysiology Cognition Mental Health and Social Functioning in Healthy Adults
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-08
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the effects of Christian and Islamic heart-centred spiritual meditation to mindfulness meditation and waitlist control conditions respectively in healthy adults The potential effects will be studied at multiple levels with a focus on psychophysiology cognition mental health and social functioning
Detailed Description:
Background
Secular forms of meditation have been widely accepted as an effective tool to promote well-being and as therapeutic strategies The popularity of such practices most notably mindfulness meditation can be attributed to the substantial body of research on their beneficial effects in the past few decades While these practices are loosely based on Eastern traditions and actively reduce emotional reactivity some Western spiritual meditations have retained their God-centred focus and aim to elicit strong emotions The current study aims to examine the effects of heart-centred contemplation based on Christian and Islamic traditions on mental physical cognitive and social well-being compare the outcomes of these exercises to mindfulness meditation and investigate the external correlates of the outcomes
Aims
The present study aims to recruit healthy adults to investigate and compare the effects of Christian and Islamic heart-centred spiritual meditation to mindfulness meditation Mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR and waitlist control respectively The potential effects will be examined using measures from multiple domains with a focus on psychophysiology cognition mental health and social functioning Additionally the study aims to examine the possible external correlates of the outcomes by testing perspective-taking affect religiosity spiritual experiences closeness to God closeness to the offender and credibilityexpectancies about the spiritual meditation program The study seeks to understand the impact of different types of meditation practices on the well-being of individuals
Participants
This study will apply a mixed method repeated measures design to examine a three-arm stratified randomised control trial with healthy samples of Christians and Muslims in multiple testing centres in India Assessments will be conducted at three time points pre-intervention T1 after intervention T2 and at a 3-month follow-up T3 Eligible participants will be first stratified into Christian and Islamic samples and then randomly allocated to one of the three conditions religious contemplation either Christian or Islamic spiritual meditation based on their religions mindfulness meditation or waitlist control
Administration of intervention
The intervention will consist of an 8-week app-based program including approximately 20-minute daily audio-guided instructions of either one of the spiritual meditations or mindfulness meditation Participants from the waitlist control will not receive any intervention but they will be given access to Christian or Islamic meditation app after the experiment is completed
Outcome measures
Outcome measures consist of domains related to interpersonal functioning physiology attention mental health spirituality
Primary outcomes will be the interpersonal functioning domain including measures of prosociality forgiveness empathy and perspective taking
Secondary outcomes include domains concerning physiology attention and mental health Physiology domain encompasses pain tolerance pain intensity stress reactivity heart rate and heart rate variability psychophysiological reactivity associated with forgiveness heart rate and heart rate variability Attention domain includes measures of alerting attention orienting attention and executive attention networks Mental health domain involves self-reported stress depression anxiety subjective well-being and positive and negative affect
Secular forms of meditation have been widely accepted as an effective tool to promote well-being and as therapeutic strategies The popularity of such practices most notably mindfulness meditation can be attributed to the substantial body of research on their beneficial effects in the past few decades While these practices are loosely based on Eastern traditions and actively reduce emotional reactivity some Western spiritual meditations have retained their God-centred focus and aim to elicit strong emotions The current study aims to examine the effects of heart-centred contemplation based on Christian and Islamic traditions on mental physical cognitive and social well-being compare the outcomes of these exercises to mindfulness meditation and investigate the external correlates of the outcomes
Aims
The present study aims to recruit healthy adults to investigate and compare the effects of Christian and Islamic heart-centred spiritual meditation to mindfulness meditation Mindfulness-based stress reduction MBSR and waitlist control respectively The potential effects will be examined using measures from multiple domains with a focus on psychophysiology cognition mental health and social functioning Additionally the study aims to examine the possible external correlates of the outcomes by testing perspective-taking affect religiosity spiritual experiences closeness to God closeness to the offender and credibilityexpectancies about the spiritual meditation program The study seeks to understand the impact of different types of meditation practices on the well-being of individuals
Participants
This study will apply a mixed method repeated measures design to examine a three-arm stratified randomised control trial with healthy samples of Christians and Muslims in multiple testing centres in India Assessments will be conducted at three time points pre-intervention T1 after intervention T2 and at a 3-month follow-up T3 Eligible participants will be first stratified into Christian and Islamic samples and then randomly allocated to one of the three conditions religious contemplation either Christian or Islamic spiritual meditation based on their religions mindfulness meditation or waitlist control
Administration of intervention
The intervention will consist of an 8-week app-based program including approximately 20-minute daily audio-guided instructions of either one of the spiritual meditations or mindfulness meditation Participants from the waitlist control will not receive any intervention but they will be given access to Christian or Islamic meditation app after the experiment is completed
Outcome measures
Outcome measures consist of domains related to interpersonal functioning physiology attention mental health spirituality
Primary outcomes will be the interpersonal functioning domain including measures of prosociality forgiveness empathy and perspective taking
Secondary outcomes include domains concerning physiology attention and mental health Physiology domain encompasses pain tolerance pain intensity stress reactivity heart rate and heart rate variability psychophysiological reactivity associated with forgiveness heart rate and heart rate variability Attention domain includes measures of alerting attention orienting attention and executive attention networks Mental health domain involves self-reported stress depression anxiety subjective well-being and positive and negative affect
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None
Secondary IDs
| Secondary ID | Type | Domain | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0595 | OTHER_GRANT | Templeton World Charity Foundation | None |