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2024-10-25 @ 7:57 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:41 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06621745
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-09-27
Brief Title:
A Gratitude Intervention App to Reduce Symptoms of Depression Anxiety and Stress
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
None
Study Overview
Official Title:
A Mobile Application-based Gratitude Interventions Psychological Effects
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2024-09
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine whether a newly developed gratitude intervention app can effectively improve psychological functioning as measured by depression anxiety and stress symptoms positive and negative affect
The main questions it aims to answer are
1 Will people who are in the intervention group feel more positive emotions and experience fewer negative emotions such as stress anxiety and depression after three weeks
Researchers will compare the intervention to a control group a group not given the gratitude intervention to see if the intervention works to improve psychological functioning
Participants will
Complete an online survey on emotional well-being and personality traits at the beginning and end of the three-week study with daily mood ratings and stress assessments every three days
Participants in the intervention group will use a mobile app to practice gratitude exercises
The main questions it aims to answer are
1 Will people who are in the intervention group feel more positive emotions and experience fewer negative emotions such as stress anxiety and depression after three weeks
Researchers will compare the intervention to a control group a group not given the gratitude intervention to see if the intervention works to improve psychological functioning
Participants will
Complete an online survey on emotional well-being and personality traits at the beginning and end of the three-week study with daily mood ratings and stress assessments every three days
Participants in the intervention group will use a mobile app to practice gratitude exercises
Detailed Description:
Background Gratitude interventions have been shown to decrease depression stress and anxiety symptoms support enhanced coping with health-related problems and might improve both psychological and physical functioning in areas However results have been mixed with effects varying by outcome duration follow-up length format and age A recent meta-analysis including 27 studies focusing more specifically on symptoms of depression and anxiety suggest there is a limited effect of gratitude interventions on reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety at post-intervention and follow-up
Objective Thus the present study aims to implement a three-week gratitude intervention including five different types of gratitude tasks embedded in a mobile sensing application and examine the interventions psychological effects
Method Participants will be recruited and randomly allocated into the intervention and the control group The study will measure depression anxiety and stress symptoms positive and negative affect negative affectivity and social inhibition before and after the three-week intervention period as psychological variables It will analyze the effect of the gratitude intervention on the measured variables as well as examine the impact of negative affectivity and social inhibition on depression anxiety and stress symptoms
Implications If the intervention is shown to effectively reduce psychological problems it will be tested and implemented to support the well-being of university students as a stand-alone tool
The study will examine whether the gratitude intervention can effectively reduce depression anxiety and stress symptoms We intend to recruit 120 participants Extending previous research it will also examine whether negative affectivity and social inhibition have an impact on the measured outcomes and whether the intervention can influence these traits
It is hypothesized that
1 Positive affect will increase while negative affect stress anxiety and depression symptoms will decrease from before to after the three weeks in the group that practices the gratitude intervention tasks intervention group compared to the group which doesnt control group
2 Negative affectivity and social inhibition will decrease from before to after the three weeks in the intervention group in comparison to the control group
Objective Thus the present study aims to implement a three-week gratitude intervention including five different types of gratitude tasks embedded in a mobile sensing application and examine the interventions psychological effects
Method Participants will be recruited and randomly allocated into the intervention and the control group The study will measure depression anxiety and stress symptoms positive and negative affect negative affectivity and social inhibition before and after the three-week intervention period as psychological variables It will analyze the effect of the gratitude intervention on the measured variables as well as examine the impact of negative affectivity and social inhibition on depression anxiety and stress symptoms
Implications If the intervention is shown to effectively reduce psychological problems it will be tested and implemented to support the well-being of university students as a stand-alone tool
The study will examine whether the gratitude intervention can effectively reduce depression anxiety and stress symptoms We intend to recruit 120 participants Extending previous research it will also examine whether negative affectivity and social inhibition have an impact on the measured outcomes and whether the intervention can influence these traits
It is hypothesized that
1 Positive affect will increase while negative affect stress anxiety and depression symptoms will decrease from before to after the three weeks in the group that practices the gratitude intervention tasks intervention group compared to the group which doesnt control group
2 Negative affectivity and social inhibition will decrease from before to after the three weeks in the intervention group in comparison to the control group
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None