Effects of Repeated Attachment Security Priming on Depressed Mood: a Clinical Study

Unipolar Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Repeated Attachment Security Priming on Depressed Mood: a Clinical Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01694030
• Other study ID #: University of Southampton: LO6
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: September 17, 2012
• Last updated: September 24, 2012
• Start date: November 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2014

Study information

• Verified date: September 2012
• Source: University of Southampton
• Contact: Lorna Otway
• Phone: 447764985326
• Email: Lorna.Otway[@]soton.ac.uk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United Kingdom: National Health Service
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore whether asking participants to visualise a secure attachment figure or a neutral event leads to differences in self-reported felt security or depressed mood. Furthermore, the investigators aim to explore whether it is possible to keep a secure prime activated over 3 days via text message visualisation tasks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 2014
• Est. primary completion date: December 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

-Anxiety and depressive symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

-Bipolar disorder

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Unipolar Depression

Intervention

Other:
• Attachment security priming

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	College Keep	Southampton	Hants

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southampton

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Depressed Mood 1	Depressed mood will be measured using the depression and anxiety items from the Profile of Mood States (POMS: McNair, Lorr, & Droppleman, 1992), which equates to 24 items out of the original 65 on the POMS. Respondents use a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=Not at all, 4=Extremely) to rate the extent to which they have experienced various mood states over the past week. This questionnaire takes 5 minutes to complete.	Depressed mood will be measured on day 7 of the study (immediately after lab primes)	No
Secondary	Felt Security 1	To find out whether the experimental manipulation was successful, participants will complete a 16-item measure of Felt Security (Luke, Carnelley, & Sedikides, 2012). This scale consists of ten words relating to feelings of security, comfort and safety (e.g., loved, protected). Participants rate the extent to which the person or scenario in the visualisation task made them feel secure, by rating each item using a 6-point Likert-type scale (1=not at all, 6=very much). This measure takes 3 minutes to complete.	Felt security will be measured on day 7 of the study (after initial lab primes)	No
Secondary	Depressed Mood 2	Depressed mood will be measured using the depression and anxiety items from the Profile of Mood States (POMS: McNair, Lorr, & Droppleman, 1992), which equates to 24 items out of the original 65 on the POMS. Respondents use a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=Not at all, 4=Extremely) to rate the extent to which they have experienced various mood states over the past week. This questionnaire takes 5 minutes to complete.	Depressed mood will be measured on day 7 of the study (after 3 days of text primes)	No
Secondary	Depressed Mood 3	Depressed mood will be measured using the depression and anxiety items from the Profile of Mood States (POMS: McNair, Lorr, & Droppleman, 1992), which equates to 24 items out of the original 65 on the POMS. Respondents use a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=Not at all, 4=Extremely) to rate the extent to which they have experienced various mood states over the past week. This questionnaire takes 5 minutes to complete.	Depressed mood will be measured on day 11 of the study (24 hours after the last text prime).	No
Secondary	Felt Security 2	Participants will complete a 16-item measure of Felt Security (Luke, Carnelley, & Sedikides, 2012). This scale consists of ten words relating to feelings of security, comfort and safety (e.g., loved, protected). Participants rate the extent to which the person or scenario in the visualisation task made them feel secure, by rating each item using a 6-point Likert-type scale (1=not at all, 6=very much). This measure takes 3 minutes to complete.	Felt security will be measured on day 10 of the study (after 3 days of text primes)	No
Secondary	Felt Security 3	To find out whether the experimental manipulation was successful, participants will complete a 16-item measure of Felt Security (Luke, Carnelley, & Sedikides, 2012). This scale consists of ten words relating to feelings of security, comfort and safety (e.g., loved, protected). Participants rate the extent to which the person or scenario in the visualisation task made them feel secure, by rating each item using a 6-point Likert-type scale (1=not at all, 6=very much). This measure takes 3 minutes to complete.	Felt security will be measured on day 11 of the study (24 hours after last text prime)	No