Clinical trials: Psychology, Positive
Emotional Processing, Mental Exercise
Effects of a Brief Mental Exercise on Emotional Processing
The aim of this study is to explore whether a brief mental exercise (developed and widely advocated in the field of positive psychology) can change the processing of emotion-related information in a similar way as previously…
- Trial name
- BME (NCT03698175)
- Testing
- Three good things exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Cancer
Activating Happiness in Cancer: A Positive Psychology Workshop for Patients, Survivors, and Caregivers
The number of worldwide cancer survivors is projected to be 21.3 million by 2030. To treat this growing population, group psychological interventions are increasingly utilized and require empirical support to evaluate their…
- Trial name
- NCT03569657
- Testing
- A positive psychology workshop
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Denver
Burn Out, Stress, Psychological
Study of Positive Psychology and Effects on Well-being of Anaesthesiologists in Hong Kong
This clinical trial aims to evaluate whether positive psychology interventions via a hybrid approach will enhance well-being and resilience amongst anaesthesiologists in Hong Kong.
- Conditions
- Burn Out, Stress, Psychological, Well-Being, Psychological, Self-Compassion
- Trial name
- NCT06148454
- Testing
- App-based Positive Psychology Intervention (A&B), App-based Positive Psychology Intervention (C&D)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists
Mental Health, Positive Thinking
Web-based Self-help Intervention Promoting Mental Health in Adolescents
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a web-based self-help intervention promoting mental health in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Positive Thinking, Stress, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT04994496
- Testing
- Two-week web-based self-help intervention based on principles of positive psychology, Two-week web-based text messages containing fun facts
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Adolescent Development
PPI to Promote the Psychological Well-being of Children Living in Poverty
Positive psychology interventions use positive psychology techniques to identify meaning and value in life events to raise positive feelings and emotions.
- Trial name
- NCT04875507
- Testing
- Positive Psychology
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Psychological Well Being, Mental Health Promotion
PERMA-Based Mobile Psychological Intervention With and Without Telephone Support for University Students
University students face increasing academic and psychosocial demands that place them at risk of reduced psychological well-being.
- Trial name
- NCT07466004
- Testing
- App Based PERMA intervention, App Based PERMA intervention plus telephone multiconference
- Volunteers
- 177 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Santiago de Compostela
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
Postpartum Depression (PPD)
Positive Psychology-Based Intervention Program for Postpartum Depression Within Primary Healthcare System
This study is a prospective, two-arm parallel cluster randomized controlled trial that will compare the intervention effects of a positive psychology-based intervention package with usual care for postpartum depression.
- Trial name
- NCT06770244
- Testing
- positive psychology-based intervention package
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,438 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Nurses, Resilience, Psychological
Effectiveness of Positive Psychological Intervention on Resilience Improvement in Nurses
The nursing profession, comprising over 27.9 million individuals and representing 59% of the health sector, plays a critical role in frontline healthcare globally.
- Conditions
- Nurses, Resilience, Psychological, Positive Psychology
- Trial name
- NCT06572202
- Testing
- Positive Psychology Intervention
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fitria Endah Janitra
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
Obesity, Morbid
Positive Psychology Intervention for Patients Post-bariatric Surgery and Their Partners
The goal of this waitlist-control design, pilot randomized controlled trial is to test feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a remotely-delivered dyadic positive psychology intervention for patients 2 years…
- Trial name
- NCT05958615
- Testing
- Reimagining Us in the Context of Bariatric Surgery (ReConnect)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Larissa McGarrity, Ph.D.
Family Health, Happiness and Harmony, Physical Health
Happy Family Kitchen Movement Project
In recent years, Hong Kong is undergoing rapid changes together with macro social and economic trends. The increasingly complex and diverse family structure is leading to a major concern in the well-being of families, including…
- Conditions
- Family Health, Happiness and Harmony, Physical Health, Psychosocial Health, Family Communication
- Trial name
- HFKM (NCT02563613)
- Testing
- Physical Exercise (PE), Healthy Diet (HD), Wait-list Control (C)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Stroke, Depression
Testing a Positive Psychology-based Intervention for Couples Coping With Stroke
This study aims to pilot test an 8-week, self-administered dyadic (couples-based) positive psychology intervention for couples coping with stroke using a randomized, waitlist control design.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Depression, Depressive Symptoms, Post-stroke Depression
- Trial name
- RESToreD (NCT03335358)
- Testing
- Dyadic (couples-based) positive psychology intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Not Flourishing Population
Efficacy of a Positive Psychology Intervention Through a Mobile App
The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of several variations of an already validated Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) called Best Possible Self in not flourishing population.
- Trial name
- NCT03072680
- Testing
- BPS PAST, BPS FUT, DAILY ACTIVITIES
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands, Spain
- Volunteers
- 361 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Best Possible Self Intervention
Efficacy of Best Possible Self Intervention Over Time
This study is aimed to test the efficacy of a Positive Psychology Intervention (Best Possible Self) over optimism, future expectancies and positive affect at mid-term, in comparison to a control group.
- Trial name
- NCT02321605
- Testing
- e-BPS, Daily Activities
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Stress, Psychological, Psychological Flexibility
Positive Psychology Based Psychoeducation for Psychological Flexibility and Perceived Stress in University Students
This study will test whether an 8-week multi-component positive psychology-based psychoeducation program can reduce perceived stress and improve psychological flexibility among first-year undergraduate nursing students.
- Trial name
- NCT07579767
- Testing
- Positive Psychology Based Psychoeducation Program
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harran University
Stress, Positive Affect
The Resilience Challenge: Fostering Emotional Resilience During a Time of National Stress
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effects of an online positive psychological intervention on positive emotion, anxiety, depression, feelings of social isolation, sleep disturbance and a sense of meaning and…
- Trial name
- FERN (NCT06597032)
- Testing
- Resilience Challenge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11,659 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Emotional Stress
The Flourishing Project: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Well-being Program
This protocol proposes a well-being program based on meditation and Positive Psychology principles such as human development, the improvement of virtues, quality of life and well-being.
- Trial name
- Flourishing (NCT02164188)
- Testing
- Flourishing protocol
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Stress (Psychology)
Mobile Self-Management Program for Stress Reduction in Young Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a mobile self-management program that combines Positive Psychology (PP) and Behavioral Activation (BA) helps reduce stress in young adults in South Korea.
- Trial name
- NCT07174544
- Testing
- Mobile Self-Management Program integrated with Positive Psychology and Behavioral Activation
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 211 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Catholic University of Korea
Psychology, Positive, Psychological Distress
An Online Large-group One-session Training to Enhance Positive Mental Health
Current models suggest that mental health is not the mere absence of a mental disorder. Rather, mental health consists of two factors, mental disorder symptoms and positive mental health, that can be regarded as continua.
- Trial name
- NCT04746274
- Testing
- Online large-group one-session multicomponent positive psychological intervention, Online large-group one-session cognitive intervention targeting dysfunctional thoughts
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 381 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum