Clinical trials: Positive Emotions
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
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
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
Congestive Heart Failure, Emotions
Researching Emotions And Cardiac Health (REACH): Phase II
The focus of this study is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of our customized positive psychology (PP)-based health behavior intervention in a group of patients with mild to moderate heart failure…
- Conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure, Emotions, Patient Compliance
- Trial name
- REACH II (NCT02938052)
- Testing
- PP-based health behavior intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Acute Pain, Positive Thinking
Examination of Psychological and Physiological Pathways Linking Gratitude and Pain
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of a brief gratitude intervention on individuals' psychological and physiological responses to acute pain.
- Conditions
- Acute Pain, Positive Thinking, Emotions
- Trial name
- NCT06317844
- Testing
- Behavioral Writing Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Black Hills State University
Behavior
Investigating the Neural Systems That Support the Beneficial Effects of Positive Emotion on Stress Regulation
For this study, community participants visited the PI's psychophysiology lab for a single experimental session. In this study, participants completed a brief mood measure, followed by a task training in which a research assistant…
- Trial name
- NCT04496258
- Testing
- Positive Emotion Induction, Neutral Emotion Induction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Denver
Depression
Treatment, Emotion, and Neuromodulation of Depression (TREND) Study
The investigators will administer theta burst stimulation (TBS) in efforts to observe a decrease in severity of reported depression symptoms. A subset of participants will receive positive affect training during this intervention.
- Trial name
- TREND (NCT05436379)
- Testing
- Theta Burst Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Erika Forbes
Adolescent Behavior, Stress Reduction
CEDARS Intervention: A Coping, Emotional Development, & Stress Reduction Intervention
Using an adapted stress-reduction intervention called the CEDARS, the investigators will pilot the intervention in adolescents (N=40) to determine the feasibility and acceptability of CEDARS implementation and to investigate…
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Stress Reduction, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Positive Attitude
- Trial name
- CEDARS (NCT04958694)
- Testing
- CEDARS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Alzheimer Disease
SAGE-LEAF: Reducing Burden in Alzheimer's Disease Caregivers Through Positive Emotion Regulation and Virtual Support
The goal of the proposed study, is to adapt a positive emotion intervention for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) caregivers into a self-guided online format that incorporates social connection components and adaptive system feedback…
- Trial name
- SAGE-LEAF (NCT05562583)
- Testing
- SAGE LEAF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- BrightOutcome
Anorexia Nervosa, Atypical Anorexia Nervosa
Parent Emotion Coaching for Anorexia Nervosa
Family based treatment (FBT) is the evidence based treatment for pediatric anorexia nervosa (AN), but 50% of adolescents do not respond and the consequences for non-response are dire (e.g., 11.5% mortality rate).
- Trial name
- NCT04421989
- Testing
- Emotion Coaching, Support Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Caregivers
Life Enhancing Activities for Family Caregivers (LEAF 2.0)
The goal of the proposed intervention, called LEAF (Life Enhancing Activities for Family Caregivers) is to reduce burden and increase well-being in Alzheimer's Disease caregivers through the practice of positive emotion skills.
- Trial name
- NCT03610698
- Testing
- LEAF Positive Emotion Intervention, Emotion Reporting Control Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 386 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University