protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06265701, orgStudyIdInfo id: IRB0148200, briefTitle: Does a Novel Intervention Targeting Derailment Decrease Depressive Symptoms?, statusModule overallStatus: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-02-15, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2024-03-12, completionDateStruct date: 2024-03-12, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-02-20, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-03-13, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: Cornell University, class: OTHER, descriptionModule briefSummary: The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the efficacy of a reflective journaling intervention-"Me Through Time"- in decreasing levels of derailment, and its impact on downstream depressive symptoms., conditionsModule conditions: Depression, conditions: Depressive Symptoms, conditions: Derailment, conditions: Anxiety, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: RANDOMIZED, interventionModel: PARALLEL, primaryPurpose: TREATMENT, maskingInfo masking: SINGLE, maskingDescription: Investigators will utilize a single-blind approach where participants will not be made aware of the purpose of the intervention. Participants in both arms will be told that the purpose of the study is "to determine the efficacy of a novel five-session journaling intervention, which explores concepts related to self-continuity". This is partly true for those in the experimental arm. The main purpose of the study is twofold: (1) to explore the efficacy of the experimental journaling intervention's in reducing levels of derailment and (2) to test the hypothesis that decreasing derailment- a temporal discordance of the self- will lead to a decrease in depressive symptoms., whoMasked: PARTICIPANT, enrollmentInfo count: 116, type: ACTUAL, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Derailment-Focused Reflective Journaling, interventions name: Everyday Tasks Reflective Journaling, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Change from Pre-Assessment in Depressive Symptoms on the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) at Week 2 (Session 6/Post-Assessment), primaryOutcomes measure: Change from Pre-Assessment in Levels of Derailment on the Derailment Scale at Session 5, secondaryOutcomes measure: Change from Pre-Assessment in Anxiety Symptoms on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7) at Week 2 (Session 6/Post-Assessment), secondaryOutcomes measure: Change from Pre-Assessment in Levels of Positive and Negative Affect on the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) at Week 2 (Session 6/Post-Assessment), secondaryOutcomes measure: Change from Pre-Assessment in Levels of Perceived Stress on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) at Week 2 (Session 6/Post-Assessment), secondaryOutcomes measure: Change from Pre-Assessment in Levels of Optimism Versus Pessimism on the Life Orientation Test - Revised (LOT - Revised) at Week 2 (Session 6/Post-Assessment, eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 18 Years, maximumAge: 29 Years, stdAges: ADULT, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: Cornell University, city: Ithaca, state: New York, zip: 14850, country: United States, geoPoint lat: 42.44063, lon: -76.49661, hasResults: False