Clinical trials: Positive Emotions
Emotion Regulation, Parent-Child Relations
Improving Emotional Regulation Skills of Children in Difficulty in Shenzhen
The study aims to 1) improve the emotional regulation strategies of children in difficulty in Shenzhen, and 2) develop and publish a set of evidence-based intervention manuals for professional use.
- Conditions
- Emotion Regulation, Parent-Child Relations, Happiness, Positive Affect
- Trial name
- NCT06331936
- Testing
- Emotion regulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City University of Hong Kong
Child Maltreatment, Positive Parenting
PLH for Teens - Hybrid Delivery
This study aims to examine the implementation and effectiveness of the original version of PLH Teens delivered in-person (PLH Teens-Original) and a hybrid in-person and remote delivery of the programme (PLH Teens-Hybrid) as part…
- Trial name
- NCT05071924
- Testing
- PLH Teens Original: In-person PLH programme for parents and teens by community-based workers, PLH Teens Hybrid: Hybrid delivery for parents and teens by facilitators
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
College Student Mental Health, Mindfulness
Picture This: Bringing Joy Into Focus and Developing Healthy Habits of Mind
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether photography-based, smartphone exercises can increase well-being and reduce depressive symptoms in college and graduate students.
- Conditions
- College Student Mental Health, Mindfulness, Positive Emotions, Savoring
- Trial name
- NCT07313696
- Testing
- Attentional focus on positive emotion via photography, Social Sharing, Taking Photographs of daily life events and moments
- Volunteers
- 259 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgia State University
Dementia, Depression
Testing the Feasibility of the Individualized Positive Psychosocial Intervention (IPPI)
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the feasibility of the Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) with 108 nursing home residents living with dementia and distress or depressive symptoms.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Depression, Behavior
- Trial name
- IPPI (NCT05980299)
- Testing
- Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Miami University
Emotional Regulation, Adolescent Behavior
Students With Involved Families and Teachers
PURPOSE: In the proposed project, the investigators seek to examine whether the SWIFT Program might be efficacious to improve students' prosocial skills and emotion and behavior regulation and improve home-school communication…
- Conditions
- Emotional Regulation, Adolescent Behavior, Parenting
- Trial name
- SWIFT-RCT (NCT05890456)
- Testing
- Students with Involved Families and Teacher Program, Services As Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Social Learning Center
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
A Study of Positive Emotions With Long COVID-19
This study is testing a new brief mindfulness practice for people suffering from long COVID-19 symptoms. People suffering from long COVID are particularly vulnerable to negative emotions, as they must also cope with the long-term…
- Trial name
- NCT05676008
- Testing
- Microdosing of mindfulness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Disordered Eating Behaviors, Body Image Disturbance
Positive Mirror Exposure for Body Image in Female Students With Disordered Eating
This study aims to examine the efficacy of repeated positive mirror exposure in improving body image and emotional affect among female university students with disordered eating symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT07558161
- Testing
- Positive Mirror Exposure
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kinnaird College for Women
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Positive Emotion Regulation Training in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults With and Without Developmental Disorder
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a novel positive emotion regulation intervention that aims to increase positive emotions and improve emotion regulation skills in children, adolescents and young adults.
- Trial name
- ERICA (NCT02898298)
- Testing
- Positive Emotion Regulation Training
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Geneva, Switzerland
Healthy Participants
The Effects of Interventions Aiming at Optimizing Expectations and Inducing Positive Emotions After an Acute Stressor
The purpose of the study is to determine whether a short psychological intervention aiming at optimizing expectations is able to foster positive emotions and whether an intervention inducing positive emotions is able improve…
- Trial name
- NCT02848014
- Testing
- Writing task
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
Social Cognition, Expressed Emotion
Oxytocin, Emotions and Mirror Neurons
The purpose of this project is to investigate the possible effect of intranasally administered Oxytocin (OT) on specific mirror neuron areas in human brain.
- Trial name
- NCT02228031
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Social Skills, Perfectionism
Effectiveness of the Universal Prevention Program Super Skills for Life in Schools
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-session cognitive-behavioral transdiagnostic protocol for Spanish children aged 8 to 12 within an educational context, Super Skills for Life.
- Conditions
- Social Skills, Perfectionism, Self Esteem, Positive Affect
- Trial name
- NCT06444581
- Testing
- Super Skills Schools
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,100 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B
Notification of Donors With Positive Microbiology Markers
Each year around 200 blood donors in the UK are found to be infected with blood-borne diseases (HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HTLV), while several others have been identified as having an increased risk of variant…
- Conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Human T-lymphotropic Virus I & II
- Trial name
- NCT01050881
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 217 people
- Sponsor
- NHS Blood and Transplant
Quality of Life, Eating Disorders
#KindGirlsInACTion: A Programme for the Promotion of Mental Health of Female Adolescents
The #KindGirlsInACTion project started in 2017 and developed and implemented a psychotherapeutic intervention program in Portuguese female adolescents.
- Conditions
- Quality of Life, Eating Disorders, Eating Behavior, Psychological
- Trial name
- KindGirlsACT (NCT05149066)
- Testing
- #KindGirlsInACTion
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Coimbra
Sustained Positive Emotions, Sustained Positive Behavior Change
Study of Wellness Behaviors as a Function of Oxytocin vs Placebo
The specific aim of this study is to test whether oxytocin (OT) boosts the positive emotion yield of a new wellness behavior (Lovingkindness meditation or Mindfulness meditation) and thereby increases nonconscious motives that…
- Trial name
- NCT01929161
- Testing
- Oxytocin, Lovingkindness Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Emotions
Positive Psychology to Improve Cardiac Health Behaviors
The purpose of the study is to understand peoples' positive emotions, like how optimistic or grateful they feel, after they have had a heart problem.
- Conditions
- Acute Coronary Syndrome, Emotions, Patient Compliance
- Trial name
- PEACE (NCT01807442)
- Testing
- Qualitative Interview and Adherence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Depressive Disorder, Major, Persistent Depressive Disorder
Effectiveness of an Ecological Momentary Emotion Regulation Intervention
This two-armed randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effectiveness of an emotion regulation intervention in individuals with and without depressive disorders.
- Conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Major, Persistent Depressive Disorder, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT06311136
- Testing
- Valence-Specific Ecological Momentary Intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heidelberg University
Parenting Behavior, Social Emotional Competence
Increasing Kindergarten Social-Emotional Skills for Positive Long-Term Mental Health
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Social-emotional Skills for Thriving and Relating at School (SSTRS) Program can help children entering kindergarten and their families.
- Conditions
- Parenting Behavior, Social Emotional Competence, Internalizing Behavior, Externalizing Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06908330
- Testing
- Social-emotional Skills for Thriving and Relating at School Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Social Learning Center
Benzodiazepine Dependence, Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Lowering and Deprescribing Through Emotion Regulation
The goal of this clinical trial is to test ALDER (Anxiety Lowering and Deprescribing through Emotion Regulation), an online self-guided positive emotion intervention, in patients over the age of 65 who are candidates for…
- Conditions
- Benzodiazepine Dependence, Anxiety Disorders, Sleep Disturbance
- Trial name
- ALDER (NCT06359314)
- Testing
- ALDER
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Positive Emotions, Blood Pressure
The Impact of a Gratitude Intervention on Stress Reactivity
This study will employ a randomized mixed between-within experimental stress-testing protocol design. Physiological responses (blood pressure and pulse) will be recorded throughout a baseline, gratitude induction, standard…
- Conditions
- Positive Emotions, Blood Pressure, Stress, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT05133063
- Testing
- Gratitude letter, Control intervention
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Congestive Heart Failure, Emotions
Researching Emotions And Cardiac Health
The purpose of the study is to understand how positive emotions (e.g., optimism, happiness) are associated with health behavior adherence in patients with heart failure (HF), as well as whether performing exercises to improve…
- Conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure, Emotions, Patient Compliance
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT02737761)
- Testing
- Qualitative Interview and Adherence Measurements
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital