An interventional study of Meditation practices and Internet-as-usual in Well-Being, Psychological, sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-03.
Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
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.
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.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Mindfulness meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a male speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Mindfulness meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a male speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Mindfulness meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a female speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Mindfulness meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a female speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Self-compassion meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a male speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Self-compassion meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a male speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Self-compassion meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a female speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Self-compassion meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a female speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Gratitude meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a male speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Gratitude meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a male speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Gratitude meditation, 5 minutes duration, with a female speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Gratitude meditation, 10 minutes duration, with a female speaker.
Behavioral: Meditation practices
Participants will be instructed to use the internet as they typical do for 5 minutes.
Other: Internet-as-usual
Participants will be instructed to use the internet as they typical do for 10 minutes.
Other: Internet-as-usual
Participants will listen to recordings of short meditation practices drawn from the Healthy Minds Program.
Participants will be instructed to use the internet as they typically do.
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Positive Affect
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.
Time frame: Current positive affect pre- and post- short tasks (up to 10 minutes).
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Negative Affect
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.
Time frame: Current negative affect pre- and post- short tasks (up to 10 minutes).
State Mindfulness Scale
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.
Time frame: Up to 10 minutes
State Self-Compassion Scale Short Form
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.
Time frame: Up to 10 minutes
Gratitude Adjective Checklist - 3
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.
Time frame: Up to 10 minutes
Adverse reaction to short tasks
Participants will indicate whether they had a "distressing experience" (yes/no) during the task they completed.
Time frame: Up to 10 minutes
Meditation practice using the short task practice type.
Participants will be asked how many days they practiced the three meditation practice types during the past week.
Time frame: 7-day follow-up
Healthy Minds Program download
Participants will be asked whether they downloaded the Healthy Minds Program and how many days they used the app if they downloaded it.
Time frame: 7-day follow-up
Ruminative Response Style
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.
Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up
NIH Toolbox Loneliness
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.
Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up
Perceived Stress Scale
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.
Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up
PROMIS Anxiety
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.
Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up
PROMIS Depression
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.
Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up
Self-Compassion Scale Short Form
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.
Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Short Form
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.
Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up
Gratitude Questionnaire
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.
Time frame: Pre- short tasks and 7-day follow-up
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Positive Affect
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.
Time frame: 7-day follow-up
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Negative Affect
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.
Time frame: 7-day follow-up
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