Clinical trials: Savoring
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
Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP), Insomnia
Resilience Enhancement Following Sleep Treatment
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an adaptive intervention targeting both insomnia and positive affect in improving pain outcomes for adults with chronic low back pain (cLBP) and comorbid…
- Trial name
- REST (NCT07298941)
- Testing
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi), CBTi + Savoring Meditation, CBTi + Pain Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Left Rostromedial Prefrontal Cortex - Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst, Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex - Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst
Causal Role of Rostromedial Prefrontal Cortex for Positive Savoring in Depression
This is a non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroimaging study that will examine how activity in the medial prefrontal cortex influences reward processing, particularly positive savoring, in individuals with depression.
- Conditions
- Left Rostromedial Prefrontal Cortex - Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst, Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex - Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst, Left Primary Somatosensory Cortex - Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst
- Trial name
- rmPFC-Savoring (NCT07467473)
- Testing
- Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
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
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
Positive Emotions Program for Schizophrenia (PEPS)
This study evaluates the addition of a 8 session psychological program, called Positive Emotions Program for Schizophrenia (PEPS) to improve motivation and pleasure in adults with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- PEPS-RCT (NCT02593058)
- Testing
- Positive Emotions Program for Schizophrenia, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé la Source
Aging Well, Positive Affect
Savor-Aging: the Art of Savoring Positive Emotions
This study is part of the larger project to promote positive aging (PNRR Age-IT Project) in the elderly through the amplification of positive experiences and emotions.
- Trial name
- NCT06842628
- Testing
- Savoring, Positive Emotional Induction
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Mood, Anhedonia
Behavioral Activation Plus Savoring for University Students
The current investigation aims to examine whether a brief, two-session, virtual behavioral activation plus savoring intervention will increase daily positive emotion in university students.
- Conditions
- Mood, Anhedonia, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT05234476
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation plus Savoring, Empathic Listening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southern Methodist University
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
SkillJoy Clinical Trial
This study is a randomized controlled trial comparing a smartphone-delivered savoring intervention (SkillJoy) for Generalized Anxiety Disorder to an active treatment control.
- Trial name
- SkillJoy (NCT05040061)
- Testing
- SkillJoy Intervention, Active Self-Monitoring Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Skidmore College
Positive Affect, Mindfulness
Skills to Enhance Positivity in Young Adults
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a positive affect intervention for suicide in a population of young adults.
- Conditions
- Positive Affect, Mindfulness, Gratitude, Savoring
- Trial name
- STEP YA (NCT06621992)
- Testing
- Skills to Enhance Positivity, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
Training Group, Control Group
Efficacy of an Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Savoring Training for the Reduction of Depressive Symptomatology
The effect of autobiographical memory specificity and savoring training on memory specificity, positive affect regulation, well-being and depression symptomatology
- Trial name
- PESCAR (NCT05220618)
- Testing
- Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Savoring Training: PESCAR
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia