Clinical trial NCT04461548: Micro-interventions Aiming to Optimize Expectations or Self-compassion to Improve Well-being/Reduce Stress and Their Differential Effects
Official title: Micro-interventions Aiming to Optimize Expectations or Self-compassiong and Their Differential Effects
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: no Specific Clincal Condition Required (Focus is on Persons Who Are Feeling Stressed or Want to Improve Their Wellbeing)
Lead sponsor: Philipps University Marburg
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-07-08
Enrollment: 181
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Parallel Assignment
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The study's aim is to determine whether brief interventions (micro-interventions) aiming to optimize expectations or enhancing feelings of self-compassion are able to improve well-being/reduce perceived stress in comparison to an active control group in an online-study

Detailed description: In this study we use a pre-post-test design to compare the effects of the (classic) best possible self intervention vs. the best possible self intervention (including ways on how to reach the imagined best possible future) vs. a self-compassion intervention vs. an active control group. We are interested in the differential effects and examine several moderators.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* fluent in German language
* access to a computer/tablet/smartphone with audio output/headphones

Exclusion Criteria:

* not willing to take part in an online-intervention (duration: 60 minutes)
* no access to a computer/tablet/smartphone with audio output/headphones

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in perceived stress ratings
timeFrame: Change from pre (baseline) to post scores (approx. 30 minutes later)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in perceived (stress) burden ratings (resulting from perceived stress)
timeFrame: Change from pre (baseline) to post scores (approx. 30 minutes later)
measure: Change in emotions (PANAS)
timeFrame: Change from pre (baseline) to post scores (approx. 30 minutes later)
measure: Change in state optimism ratings
timeFrame: Change from pre (baseline) to post scores (approx. 30 minutes later)
measure: Change in state self-compassion
timeFrame: Change from pre (baseline) to post scores (approx. 30 minutes later)
measure: Satisfaction ratings with the respective intervention
timeFrame: Only Post-Assessment (end of the experiment; approx. 45-60 minutes after start of the experiment)
measure: Ratings directly assessing the perceived change due to the intervention
timeFrame: Only Post-Assessment (end of the experiment; approx. 45-60 minutes after start of the experiment)
measure: Change in perceived self-efficacy (expectations)
timeFrame: Change from pre (baseline) to post scores (approx. 30 minutes later)
measure: Change in anxiety and depression state (STADI)
timeFrame: Change from pre (baseline) to post scores (approx. 30 minutes later)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Marburg
country: Germany
facility: Philipps University Marburg
state: Hessen
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