The Effects of Expressive Writing and Compassionate Letter Writing on Emotional Distress Intolerance: A Brief Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 424
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Compassionate Engagement and Action Scale
研究概览
简要总结
Perceived emotional distress intolerance is a transdiagnostic marker of psychopathology associated with psychological and interpersonal dysfunction, and the development of interventions for perceived emotional distress intolerance is of prime importance. One potential intervention is a behavioural experiment, i.e. a cognitive behaviour therapy technique where clients undergo an exercise designed to test a maladaptive belief, e.g., that negative emotions are unbearable, and adjust their belief to accommodate any disconfirmatory information that arises through the exercise. This study examines the effects of a one-session self-compassion writing behavioural experiment compared to a one-session expressive writing behavioural experiment on low perceived distress tolerance. Participants were recruited from the University of Waterloo and Prolific, and were randomly assigned to the self-compassion condition, expressive writing condition, or a control condition.
详细描述
The study consisted of two online surveys. During the first survey, participants answered a set of questionnaires. Then, they were prompted to think of an upsetting situation and the associated unpleasant emotions, and they were then randomly assigned to a brief self-compassionate writing, expressive writing, or neutral writing task. They then answered a series of questionnaires immediately after completing the writing task. During the second survey, one week later, participants answered a brief set of questionnaires.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
The participant did not know prior to their study participation that there are three different study conditions, and they did not find out which condition they were randomized to until the end of their study participation.
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Compassionate Engagement and Action Scale
时间窗: Change from baseline to one week post-intervention
Self-report questionnaire with 13 questions on a 10-point Likert scale (scored 1-10). Three questions are reverse-scored and not included in scoring. Total scores range from 10-100, with higher increase in score indicative of increased emotional engagement
Distress Tolerance Scale
时间窗: Change from baseline to one week post-intervention
Self-report questionnaire with 15 questions on a 5-point Likert scale (scored 1-5, with 4 subscales). Mean scores range from 1-5, with higher increase in score indicative of increased perceived distress tolerance.
Distress Tolerance Scale (short form)
时间窗: Immediately post-intervention
Self-report questionnaire with 4 questions on a 5-point Likert scale (scored 1-5). Mean scores range from 1-5, with higher score indicative of greater perceived distress tolerance.
Endorsement and Discomfort Scale (adapted)
时间窗: One week post-intervention
Self-report questionnaire with 10 questions on a 9-point Likert scale (scored 1-9). Total scores range from 10-90, with higher score indicative of greater acceptability of intervention.
次要结局
- Soothing affect measures (researcher-generated) - Adapted from the Serenity Subscale of the PANAS-X and the Safe/Warmth Positive Affect Subscale of the Types of Positive Affect Scale (TPAS)(Immediately post-intervention (assessed as a mediator))
研究者
Allison Kelly
Associate Professor
University of Waterloo