Mindful Positive Reappraisal: a Daily Diary Randomized Controlled Trial

Mental Health Wellness 1 Clinical Trial

— Reappraisal  

Official title:

Exploring Daily Affective Changes in University Students With a Mindful Positive Reappraisal Intervention: a Daily Diary Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02680444
• Other study ID #: 11NV038
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 4, 2016
• Last updated: February 8, 2016
• Start date: February 2012
• Est. completion date: October 2013

Study information

• Verified date: February 2016
• Source: University of Guelph
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Brief and cost-effective interventions teaching emotion regulation techniques can be feasibly applied to promote mental health in University students. The tools of mindfulness (i.e., objective awareness and acceptance) and positive reappraisal (i.e., positive re-evaluation of negative events) can mutually benefit one another to promote well-being. The current study explored the effects of a randomly-assigned Mindful-Reappraisal intervention (n=36) compared to Reappraisal-Only (n=34) and an active control (n=36) on university students' daily affect over five days. Time by condition interactions were analyzed with planned contrasts and multilevel growth modelling.

Description:

The University student lifestyle can lead to heightened stress, anxiety, and burnout. To promote mental health, brief and cost-effective interventions teaching beneficial emotion regulation techniques can not only counteract the negative but also foster positive functioning. The tools of mindfulness (i.e., objective awareness and acceptance) and positive reappraisal (i.e., positive re-evaluation of negative events) can mutually benefit one another to promote well-being. However, there is currently little research testing the viability of brief, self-administered interventions combining training of mindfulness and positive reappraisal. The current study explored the effects of a randomly-assigned Mindful-Reappraisal intervention (n=36) compared to Reappraisal-Only (n=34) and an active control (n=36) on university students' daily affect over five days. Time by condition interactions were analyzed with planned contrasts and multilevel growth modelling.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 129
• Est. completion date: October 2013
• Est. primary completion date: October 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Undergraduate students

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not undergraduate students

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Wellness 1

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Self-Administered Mindful-Reappraisal Exercise
Combining the practice of mindful acceptance of negative events combined with a reappraisal of the event by examining its positive aspects.
• Self-Administered Reappraisal-Only Exercise
A reappraisal of daily negative events by examining the positive aspects.
• Self-Administered Event Recall Exercise
Recall a negative event that took place that day.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ekaterina Pogrebtsova

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Daily Affect	Daily affect was measured with two scales (i.e., positive affect and negative affect) and assessed participants' general affect over the past 24 hours.	Day 1 - Day 5 of the intervention practice days	No