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NCT Number: NCT06165497

Short Practices Well-being Study

The goal of this research study is to better understand the effects of short practices on well-being.

Participants will be asked to complete a task that will take 5-10 minutes, followed by a set of surveys. They will also be invited to complete a second set of surveys ~7 days later.

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Key information

Conditions

Well-Being, Psychological Behavior Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States

About this study

The aim of this study is to better understand the effects of short practices on well-being. In the initial part of the study, participants will be required to complete a set of surveys assessing their health along with demographic measures. Participants will also be asked to complete a brief task. They will be asked sensitive questions (e.g., about your psychological state, mental health). To have their submission accepted, participants must correctly answer questions designed to check if they are paying attention. This part of the study will take approximately 24 minutes to complete. Anonymized data may be made available to other researchers. One week after completing this study, participants will be invited to complete a second set of surveys.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • United States and United Kingdom residents 18 year or older

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability or unwillingness to complete the study
  • Fail to pass the attention check embedded in the survey

Treatment and study plan

Meditation practices

Behavioral

Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.

Internet-as-usual

Other

Participants will be instructed to use the internet as they typically do.

Primary outcomes

  1. Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Positive Affect

    Time frame: Current positive affect pre- and post- short tasks (up to 10 minutes).

    Participants respond to a 10-item survey indicating their current mood. Response options range from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). Five items reflect positive affect. Higher scores indicate higher positive affect.

  2. Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Negative Affect

    Time frame: Current negative affect pre- and post- short tasks (up to 10 minutes).

    Participants respond to a 10-item survey indicating their current mood. Response options range from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). Five items reflect negative affect. Higher scores indicate higher negative affect.

Secondary outcomes

  1. State Mindfulness Scale

    Time frame: Up to 10 minutes

    Participants respond to a 21-item survey indicating their state mindfulness. Response options range from 1 (not at all) to 5 (very well). Higher scores indicate higher state mindfulness.

  2. State Self-Compassion Scale Short Form

    Time frame: Up to 10 minutes

    Participants respond to a 6-item survey indicating their state self-compassion. Response options range from 1 (not at all true for me) to 5 (very true for me). Higher scores indicate higher state self-compassion.

  3. Gratitude Adjective Checklist - 3

    Time frame: Up to 10 minutes

    Participants respond to a 3-item survey indicating their state gratitude. Response options range from 1 (not at all) to 5 (extremely). Higher scores indicate higher state gratitude.

  4. Adverse reaction to short tasks

    Time frame: Up to 10 minutes

    Participants will indicate whether they had a "distressing experience" (yes/no) during the task they completed.

  5. Meditation practice using the short task practice type.

    Time frame: 7-day follow-up

    Participants will be asked how many days they practiced the three meditation practice types during the past week.

  6. Healthy Minds Program download

    Time frame: 7-day follow-up

    Participants will be asked whether they downloaded the Healthy Minds Program and how many days they used the app if they downloaded it.

  7. Ruminative Response Style

    Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to an 8-item survey indicating their level of rumination. Response options range from 1 (almost never) to 4 (almost always). Higher scores indicate higher rumination.

  8. NIH Toolbox Loneliness

    Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 5-item survey indicating their level of loneliness. Response options range from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Higher scores indicate higher loneliness.

  9. Perceived Stress Scale

    Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 4-item survey indicating their level of perceived stress. Response options range from 1 (never) to 5 (very often). Higher scores indicate higher perceived stress.

  10. PROMIS Anxiety

    Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 4-item survey indicating their level of anxiety. Response options range from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Higher scores indicate higher anxiety.

  11. PROMIS Depression

    Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 4-item survey indicating their level of depression. Response options range from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Higher scores indicate higher depression.

  12. Self-Compassion Scale Short Form

    Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 12-item survey indicating their level of trait self-compassion. Response options range from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always). Higher scores indicate higher trait self-compassion.

  13. Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form

    Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 15-item survey indicating their level of trait mindfulness. Response options range from 1 (never or very rarely true) to 5 (very often or always true). Higher scores indicate higher trait mindfulness.

  14. Gratitude Questionnaire

    Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 6-item survey indicating their level of trait gratitude. Response options range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Higher scores indicate higher trait gratitude.

  15. Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Positive Affect

    Time frame: 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 10-item survey indicating their current mood. Response options range from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). Five items reflect positive affect. Higher scores indicate higher positive affect.

  16. Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Negative Affect

    Time frame: 7-day follow-up

    Participants respond to a 10-item survey indicating their current mood. Response options range from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). Five items reflect negative affect. Higher scores indicate higher negative affect.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Dec 11, 2023
Registry last updated
Jan 3, 2024

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