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
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
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
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
Positive Emotions, Mental Health
Positive Emotions Training (PoET) as an Online Intervention to Improve Mental Health: a Feasibility Study
Positive psychology interventions are known to have an impact on mental health as well as on a number of beneficial characteristics like optimism, gratitude and self-efficacy.
- Trial name
- NCT05737251
- Testing
- PoET
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum
Behavior
Investigating the Neural Systems That Support the Reappraisal Tactics Leading to Positive Emotion
Community participants will visit the neuroimaging facilities at CU Boulder for a single experimental session. In all studies, participants will complete pre-task questionnaires (trait measures), and a brief mood measure…
- Trial name
- NCT04532242
- Testing
- Cognitive reappraisal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Denver
Positive Expectations
Positive Expectation Effects on Early Emotional Processing
Insights into the mechanisms of expectation effects in the emotional domain can be invaluable for the development of potential therapeutic interventions for mood disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT07615530
- Testing
- Saline Nasal Spray
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Caregiver Burden in Methamphetamine Use Disorder, Expressed Emotions in Caregivers
Effectiveness of Stress Management Training Program For Expressed Emotions in Caregivers of Drug Induced Psychosis Patients Specially Methamphetamine
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a Stress Management Training (SMT) program in reducing stress levels among caregivers of individuals suffering from methamphetamine ("ice") addiction and…
- Conditions
- Caregiver Burden in Methamphetamine Use Disorder, Expressed Emotions in Caregivers, Stress Cause Expressed Emotion and Burden
- Trial name
- NCT07714642
- Testing
- O'Connor's (2003) Stress Management Training
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Government College University Faisalabad
Stress
Implications of Tamarkoz® on Stress, Emotion, Spirituality and Heart Rate
Depression, anxiety, hopelessness, poor sleep quality, somatic pain, high risk of substance abuse, and suicide ideation are positively correlated with perceived stress.
- Trial name
- NCT03489148
- Testing
- Tamarkoz®, Stress management resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Happiness
Psychosocial Benefits of Gratitude Journals
This randomized controlled study will examine the effects of different interpersonal gratitude journals compared to a neutral control journal on psycho social outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02570685
- Testing
- Reflective Interpersonal Gratitude, Reflective-Behavioral Gratitude, Neutral Control Journal
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Limerick
Help-Seeking Behavior, Emotions
Mobile Phone Intervention to Reduce Youth Suicide in Rural Communities
The goal of this research project is to conduct a pilot RCT of Text4Strength, an interactive automated text messaging extension of Sources of Strength (SoS), a universal school-based suicide prevention program that prepares…
- Conditions
- Help-Seeking Behavior, Emotions, Trusted Adults, Suicide
- Trial name
- NCT03145363
- Testing
- Intervention, Control
- Volunteers
- 222 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester