Clinical trial NCT04099758: A Study of the Effects of a One-session Mindfulness of the Breath Meditation Practice on State Hope and State Gratitude in the General Population
Official title: One-session Mindfulness of the Breath Meditation Practice: A Randomized Controlled Study of the Effects on State Hope and State Gratitude
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Lead sponsor: Canterbury Christ Church University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-09-23
Enrollment: 580
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized controlled study.
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: This study aims to examine whether a brief mindfulness of the breath meditation practice is more helpful than listening to an audio recording in relation to improving hope and gratitude in the general population.

Detailed description: This one-session online study will randomise members of the general public to either 1) a mindfulness of the breath meditation practice lasting 10 minutes or 2) an audio-recording control of the same length. State measures of mindfulness, hope and gratitude will be taken immediately before (baseline) and after the intervention/control. In addition, the study will also measure trait mindfulness at baseline.The primary hypothesis is that engaging in a brief mindfulness practice will result in beneficial changes in state hope compared to control. Other hypotheses are that: engaging in a brief mindfulness practice will result in beneficial changes in state gratitude compared to control; that the effect of mindfulness practice on state hope will be statistically mediated by change in state mindfulness; that the effect of mindfulness practice on state gratitude will be statistically mediated by change in state mindfulness; and that baseline trait mindfulness will statistically moderate the effect of mindfulness practice on change in state mindfulness in the above mentioned mediation models (i.e. that moderated mediation will be observed).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Members of the general public.
* Adequate understanding of spoken and written English.
* Internet access.

Exclusion Criteria:

-Currently experiencing very severe problems with their mental health.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline to post-intervention on the State Hope Scale (SHS).
timeFrame: Baseline (0 minutes), post-intervention (10 minutes).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline to post-intervention on the Gratitude Adjective Checklist (GAC).
timeFrame: Baseline (0 minutes), post-intervention (10 minutes).
Other outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline to post-intervention on the Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS).
timeFrame: Baseline (0 minutes), post-intervention (10 minutes).
measure: Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire -15 item version (FFMQ-15)
timeFrame: Baseline (0 minutes)
measure: Bespoke manipulation check questionnaire.
timeFrame: Post-intervention (10 minutes)
Locations:
city: Tunbridge Wells
country: United Kingdom
facility: Canterbury Christ Church University
state: Kent
Study officials:
affiliation: Canterbury Christ Church University
name: Sarah Strohmaier, BA, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Canterbury Christ Church University
name: Fergal Jones, PhD, PsychD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Canterbury Christ Church University
name: James Cane, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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