Clinical trials: Positive Emotions
Schizophrenia, Alexithymia
The Effect of Recognition and Expression of Emotions Program Applied to Schizophrenia Patients
As a result of the positive and negative symptoms that occur in schizophrenia, patients with schizophrenia may experience negative emotions more frequently than individuals with other mental problems.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Alexithymia, Emotion, Expressed
- Trial name
- NCT05662137
- Testing
- Emotions Recognition and Expression
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Sinop University
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
Emotional Distress, Anhedonia
Promoting Positive Emotions in Adolescents Using Positive Events Training: An Indicated Approach
Research shows that high positive emotionality is an essential ingredient in building resilience in youngsters, especially those with a vulnerability to develop depressive symptomatology.
- Trial name
- iPET (NCT07288541)
- Testing
- Positive Events Training (PET)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
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
Cancer
Emotion Regulation and Pain in Children With Cancer
This study tested the effects of emotion regulation strategies (reappraisal, reassurance, and empathy) on pain responses in children with cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT03133507
- Testing
- Reapprasial Condition, Reassurance Condition, Distraction Condition
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
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
Quality of Life
Effects of an Online Meditation Course on Quality of Life
Many interventions in the field of meditation are becoming increasingly popular and have gained worldwide acceptance over the past years, both in terms of health, but also psychological aspects.
- Trial name
- NCT04950543
- Testing
- Meditation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 374 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
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
Congestive Heart Failure, Emotions
Researching Emotions And Cardiac Health: Phase III
The focus of this study is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of a 12-week, telephone-delivered, positive psychology (PP)-based health behavior intervention in a group of patients with mild to…
- Conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure, Emotions, Patient Compliance
- Trial name
- REACH III (NCT03220204)
- Testing
- PP-based health behavior intervention, MI-based educational control condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cancer Survivor
Internet-Delivered Positive Affect Program in Managing Emotion in Young Adult Cancer Survivors
This pilot clinical trial studies how well an internet-delivered positive affect (PA) intervention works in managing emotion in young adult cancer survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT02832154
- Testing
- Internet-Based Intervention, Quality-of-Life Assessment, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Specific Positive Memories, Specific Positive Future Events
Recalling and Anticipating Specific Positive Events to Boost Resilience in Adolescents
Many young people are experiencing stress-related mental health problems, with some recent studies suggesting this number is increasing.
- Conditions
- Specific Positive Memories, Specific Positive Future Events, Resilience, Mental Wellbeing
- Trial name
- RASPERA (NCT05757180)
- Testing
- Positive Events Training (PET), CREAtive writing Training (CREAT)
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- Prof. dr. Filip Raes
Depression, Anhedonia
Family Promoting Positive Emotions Pilot Study
Anhedonia is characterized by loss of interest or pleasure. The proposed pilot study would be the first to test an innovative, neuroscience-informed intervention in mothers reporting depressive symptoms and stress to enhance…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anhedonia, Stress, Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05223842
- Testing
- Family Promoting Positive Emotions (F-PPE), Written Information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Emotional Stress
Flourishing App: An Evaluation With High School Students
This protocol proposes a well-being program, delivered through an application for mobile devices, based on meditation and positive psychology principles such as human development, the improvement of virtues, quality of life and…
- Trial name
- NCT03096171
- Testing
- Flourishing App Program
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Pain
Do Emotions Affect Mechanical Pain Thresholds?
The purpose of this study is to investigate if different emotional states could influence mechanical pain thresholds.
- Trial name
- DEAMPT (NCT06074575)
- Testing
- Emotion induction
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Linnaeus University
High Arousing Positive Emotion, Low Arousing Positive Condition
Do Different Arousal Levels Affect Pressure Pain Thresholds?
This study examines whether emotional arousal level alone, while maintaining positive emotional valence, can influence pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- DDEALAPPT (NCT07802444)
- Testing
- Emotional high arousing intervention, Low arousal intervention
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Linnaeus University
Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
Lessons in Affect Regulation to Keep Stress and Pain UndeR Control (LARKSPUR R34)
Chronic pain affects millions of Americans but integrative as well as conventional treatments fall short in terms of alleviating this pain.
- Trial name
- LARKSPUR (NCT03699553)
- Testing
- LARKSPUR; Online Positive Emotions Skills for Individuals with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, Emotion Reporting Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Parenting, Psychosis
Understanding and Helping Families: Parents With Psychosis
The purpose of this trial is to explore parent-child interactions in parents with and without psychosis, and ascertain whether a brief (10 week) supported self-help parenting program offered to parents in their own homes can help…
- Conditions
- Parenting, Psychosis, Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- NCT02622048
- Testing
- Triple P Positive Parenting Programme
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester