Short Practices Well-being Study

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The goal of this research study is to better understand the effects of short practices on well-being. Participants will be asked to complete a task that will take 5-10 minutes, followed by a set of surveys. They will also be invited to complete a second set of surveys  7 days later.

Detailed Description
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The aim of this study is to better understand the effects of short practices on well-being. In the initial part of the study, participants will be required to complete a set of surveys assessing their health along with demographic measures. Participants will also be asked to complete a brief task. They will be asked sensitive questions (e.g., about your psychological state, mental health). To have their submission accepted, participants must correctly answer questions designed to check if they are paying attention. This part of the study will take approximately 24 minutes to complete. Anonymized data may be made available to other researchers. One week after completing this study, participants will be invited to complete a second set of surveys.

Official Title
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Short Practices Well-being Study

Conditions
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Well-Being, Psychological

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Meditation practices
* Other: Internet-as-usual


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: United States and United Kingdom residents 18 year or older Exclusion Criteria: Inability or unwillingness to complete the study Fail to pass the attention check embedded in the survey

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Mindfulness, 5 minutes, male voice<br>Mindfulness meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a male speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Mindfulness, 10 minutes, male voice<br>Mindfulness meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a male speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Mindfulness, 5 minutes, female voice<br>Mindfulness meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a female speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Mindfulness, 10 minutes, female voice<br>Mindfulness meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a female speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Self-compassion, 5 minutes, male voice<br>Self-compassion meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a male speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Self-compassion, 10 minutes, male voice<br>Self-compassion meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a male speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Self-compassion, 5 minutes, female voice<br>Self-compassion meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a female speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Self-compassion, 10 minutes, female voice<br>Self-compassion meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a female speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Gratitude, 5 minutes, male voice<br>Gratitude meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a male speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Gratitude, 10 minutes, male voice<br>Gratitude meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a male speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Gratitude, 5 minutes, female voice<br>Gratitude meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a female speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Experimental: Gratitude, 10 minutes, female voice<br>Gratitude meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a female speaker. | Behavioral: Meditation practices<br>* Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.<br>|
| Other: Internet-as-usual, 5 minutes<br>Participants will be instructed to use the internet as they typical do for 5 minutes. | Other: Internet-as-usual<br>* Participants will be instructed to use the internet as they typically do.<br>|
| Other: Internet-as-usual, 10 minutes<br>Participants will be instructed to use the internet as they typical do for 10 minutes. | Other: Internet-as-usual<br>* Participants will be instructed to use the internet as they typically do.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Positive Affect | Participants respond to a 10-item survey indicating their current mood. Response options range from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). Five items reflect positive affect. Higher scores indicate higher positive affect. | Current positive affect pre- and post- short tasks (up to 10 minutes). | 
| Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Negative Affect | Participants respond to a 10-item survey indicating their current mood. Response options range from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). Five items reflect negative affect. Higher scores indicate higher negative affect. | Current negative affect pre- and post- short tasks (up to 10 minutes). | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| State Mindfulness Scale | Participants respond to a 21-item survey indicating their state mindfulness. Response options range from 1 (not at all) to 5 (very well). Higher scores indicate higher state mindfulness. | Up to 10 minutes | 
| State Self-Compassion Scale Short Form | Participants respond to a 6-item survey indicating their state self-compassion. Response options range from 1 (not at all true for me) to 5 (very true for me). Higher scores indicate higher state self-compassion. | Up to 10 minutes | 
| Gratitude Adjective Checklist - 3 | Participants respond to a 3-item survey indicating their state gratitude. Response options range from 1 (not at all) to 5 (extremely). Higher scores indicate higher state gratitude. | Up to 10 minutes | 
| Adverse reaction to short tasks | Participants will indicate whether they had a distressing experience (yes/no) during the task they completed. | Up to 10 minutes | 
| Meditation practice using the short task practice type. | Participants will be asked how many days they practiced the three meditation practice types during the past week. | 7-day follow-up | 
| Healthy Minds Program download | Participants will be asked whether they downloaded the Healthy Minds Program and how many days they used the app if they downloaded it. | 7-day follow-up | 
| Ruminative Response Style | Participants respond to an 8-item survey indicating their level of rumination. Response options range from 1 (almost never) to 4 (almost always). Higher scores indicate higher rumination. | Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up | 
| NIH Toolbox Loneliness | Participants respond to a 5-item survey indicating their level of loneliness. Response options range from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Higher scores indicate higher loneliness. | Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up | 
| Perceived Stress Scale | Participants respond to a 4-item survey indicating their level of perceived stress. Response options range from 1 (never) to 5 (very often). Higher scores indicate higher perceived stress. | Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up | 
| PROMIS Anxiety | Participants respond to a 4-item survey indicating their level of anxiety. Response options range from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Higher scores indicate higher anxiety. | Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up | 
| PROMIS Depression | Participants respond to a 4-item survey indicating their level of depression. Response options range from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Higher scores indicate higher depression. | Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up | 
| Self-Compassion Scale Short Form | Participants respond to a 12-item survey indicating their level of trait self-compassion. Response options range from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always). Higher scores indicate higher trait self-compassion. | Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up | 
| Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form | Participants respond to a 15-item survey indicating their level of trait mindfulness. Response options range from 1 (never or very rarely true) to 5 (very often or always true). Higher scores indicate higher trait mindfulness. | Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up | 
| Gratitude Questionnaire | Participants respond to a 6-item survey indicating their level of trait gratitude. Response options range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Higher scores indicate higher trait gratitude. | Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up | 
| Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Positive Affect | Participants respond to a 10-item survey indicating their current mood. Response options range from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). Five items reflect positive affect. Higher scores indicate higher positive affect. | 7-day follow-up | 
| Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Negative Affect | Participants respond to a 10-item survey indicating their current mood. Response options range from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). Five items reflect negative affect. Higher scores indicate higher negative affect. | 7-day follow-up | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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self-compassion, meditation, mobile health, mindfulness, gratitude