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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03024853
Other study ID # H1415802387094
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date March 2015
Est. completion date September 2018

Study information

Verified date October 2018
Source University of Valencia
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of several variations of an already validated Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) called Best Possible Self, using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in general population. Participants are randomly assigned to one of 4 conditions: BPS PAST condition, BPS PRESENT condition, BPS FUTURE condition, and CONTROL condition (daily activities).


Description:

Intervention lasts 7 days. Participants come to the laboratory the first day, they fill up assessment questionnaires and practice the assigned exercise. Then, they practice the assigned exercise for 6 more days at home.

The main hypothesis is that all three experimental conditions will enhance wellbeing comparing to the control condition.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 112
Est. completion date September 2018
Est. primary completion date March 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 100 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Participants must be 18 years old or older.

- Participants must be willing to participate in the study.

- Participants must have computer with Internet access and e-mail address.

Exclusion Criteria:

- To suffer from moderated or severe depression as established by a score of 20 or more in the Beck Inventory of Depression (BDI-II; Beck, 1996).

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
BPS PAST

BPS PRESENT

BPS FUTURE

CONTROL


Locations

Country Name City State
Spain University of Valencia Valencia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Valencia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (4)

King L. The Health Benefits of Writing About Life Goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 27(7): 798-807, 2001.

Meevissen YM, Peters ML, Alberts HJ. Become more optimistic by imagining a best possible self: effects of a two week intervention. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2011 Sep;42(3):371-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.02.012. Epub 2011 Mar 2. — View Citation

Peters ML, Flink IK, Boersma K, Linton SJ. Manipulating optimism: Can imagining a best possible self be used to increase positive future expectancies? The Journal of Positive Psychology 5(3): 204-211, 2010.

Sheldon KM, Lyubomirsky S. How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves. The Journal of Positive Psychology 1(2): 73-82, 2006.

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Self-Concordant Motivation (SCM; Sheldon & Elliot, 1999) This scale measures the intrinsic motivation of participants' when practicing the assigned activity. Day 1
Primary Change from Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988; Sandín et al., 1999) from baseline to post-in Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (1 week) and follow-up (1 month, 3 months).
Secondary New General Self-Efficacy Scale (NGSES; Chen, Gully & Eden, 2001) Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (1 week) and follow-up (1 month, 3 months).
Secondary Life Orientation Test (LOT-R; Otero, Luengo, Romero Gómez & Castro, 1998; Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994). Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (1 week) and follow-up (1 month, 3 months).
Secondary Fordyce Happiness Scale (Fordyce, 1988) Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (1 week) and follow-up (1 month, 3 months).
Secondary Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS; Pavot, Diener & Suh, 1998) Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (1 week) and follow-up (1 month, 3 months).
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