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NCT number NCT06335615
Other study ID # FMG-5790_2023
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date November 27, 2023
Est. completion date December 19, 2023

Study information

Verified date March 2024
Source VU University of Amsterdam
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to test a brief psychological intervention that focusses on acceptance of stress in a student population. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does this brief acceptance intervention increase the well-being of students in the short term? - By which mechanisms does this effect occur? - What are moderating factors of this effect? Half of the participants follow a one-hour intervention, which includes - psychoeducation and metaphors about stress and how acceptance can help to deal with it - experiential exercises - mindfulness meditation - mindfulness homework practice Students that receive the intervention will be compared to students that merely received psychoeducation about stress and acceptance to see if the intervention lead to larger increases in well-being.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 116
Est. completion date December 19, 2023
Est. primary completion date December 19, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 17 Years to 29 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Student at the University of Amsterdam in the Bachelor's programme psychology or communication science Exclusion Criteria: - Panic Disorder as measured with the Rapid Measurement Toolkit-20 (Batterham et al., 2020; cutoff at 9) - Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), another lung disease (including covid-related lung complaints), or tightness of chest - Pregnancy - Physical disability that limits ability to move and jump

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Brief Acceptance Intervention
The intervention consist of explanations and exercises about acceptance of stress. The intervention starts with a welcome, after which participants do jumping jacks and then breath through a straw to induce an uncomfortable experience. Next, a Chinese finger trap is used to show the automatic, but often not useful, reaction to avoid stress. Participants then watch a short video that introduces the concept of acceptance, and they do a short, guided meditation. Afterwards, they do the straw exercise again, but this time with instruction to examine and allow uncomfortable experiences. The session ends with a recap and the introduction of the home exercise. Participants install an app that reminds them every hour to do a three-second meditation in which they pay attention to their breathing and body in an accepting way.
Psychoeducation
In the psychoeducation, participants learn about the stress response, mindfulness, and acceptance. For this, they are guided through a vignette about a student who struggles with stress and then develops a more accepting stance towards it. The psychoeducation explains how acceptance can help to deal with stress but does not instruct participants to apply this in their own life.

Locations

Country Name City State
Netherlands University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Noord-Holland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
VU University of Amsterdam

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Psychological Well-Being Psychological well-being was measured with the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12, Goldberg & Williams, 1988), which is a unidimensional measure of mental health with good psychometric properties (Romppel et al., 2013). Higher scores on the GHQ-12 indicate more psychological distress and lower well-being. Change from baseline (1 - 14 days before the intervention/psychoeducation) to post measurement (3 days after the intervention/psychoeducation)
Secondary State Anxiety The six-item version of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Marteau & Bekker, 1992) is a brief, valid, and reliable questionnaire to assess participants' state anxiety. Change from baseline (1 - 14 days before the intervention/psychoeducation) to post measurement (3 days after the intervention/psychoeducation)
Secondary Study Stress A single question was used for study-related stress: How much stress related to studying are you currently experiencing on a scale of 0 (no stress) to 10 (extreme stress)? Change from baseline (1 - 14 days before the intervention/psychoeducation) to post measurement (3 days after the intervention/psychoeducation)
Secondary Interoceptive awareness The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA-2, Mehling et al., 2018) measured body awareness. In line with Ferentzi and colleagues (2020) and for enhanced psychometric validity, we will combine six subscales to measure a general level of interoception. Change from baseline (1 - 14 days before the intervention/psychoeducation) to post measurement (3 days after the intervention/psychoeducation)
Secondary Psychological Flexibility The Comprehensive Assessment of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Processes questionnaire (CompACT; Francis et al., 2016) measures the underlying processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. It has good psychometric properties (Francis et al., 2016). We will be especially interested in the subscale openness to experience, which corresponds to the processes of acceptance and defusion. Change from baseline (1 - 14 days before the intervention/psychoeducation) to post measurement (3 days after the intervention/psychoeducation)
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