Emotional Competence and Compassion Training

• Conditions: Emotional Intelligence
• Interventions: Behavioral: The Emotional Backpack; Behavioral: The Power of Feelings

• Registration Number: NCT03790319
• Lead Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Brief Summary

In this study several different face-to-face workshops about emotional competence and compassion are scientifically evaluated with psychometric questionnaires and heart rate variability measuring.

Detailed Description

Stress and stress related diseases are a huge health burden in modern societies. Psycho-emotional stress plays a key role in stress regulation. Therefore this study aims to investigate the effects of online-courses addressing emotion regulation.

For this aim several different workshops about emotional competence and compassion are scientifically evaluated with psychometric questionnaires and heart rate variability measuring. The workshops are planned by the trainers and people register on their own initiative.

The seminars are either single workshops over three days or a yearly program consisting of three three-day-workshops. They consist of lectures and exercises about the character of the different feelings, about the characteristics of emotions and teach practices on how to dael with difficult emotions.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-12-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-27
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-31
• Study Start: 2019-01-01
• Status Verified: 2019-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-02-11
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-12
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-31
• Study Completion: 2020-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-85 years
• participation in one of the included courses
• e-mail address

Exclusion Criteria

• participation in another study
• no verbal communication (german) possible
• dementia or another disease that limits cognitive abilities

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Single Workshop 'The Emotional Backpack'	The Emotional Backpack	Subjects of this group are participating in one single workshop over three days.
Year Program 'The Power of Feelings'	The Power of Feelings	Subjects of this group are participating in three workshops of over 3 days each in a continuing group over nine months. They are animated to deal with the content inbetween the workshops through biweekly e-mails and to exchange in couples.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-Report Measure for the Assessment of Emotion Regulation Skills (SEK-27)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months after baseline in single workshops and baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after baseline in the yearly program	Assessing full scale, range 0-108, higher score meaning a better outcome

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months after baseline in single workshops and baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after baseline in the yearly program	Assessing full scale, range 0-42, lower score meaning a better outcome
The World Health Organisation- Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months after baseline in single workshops and baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after baseline in the yearly program	assessing full scale, range 0-100, higher score meaning a better outcome
General Self-efficacy Short Scale (ASKU)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months after baseline in single workshops and baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after baseline in the yearly program	Assessing full scale, range 3-15, higher score meaning a better outcome
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months after baseline in single workshops and baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after baseline in the yearly program	Assessing full scale, range 15-90, higher score meaning a better outcome
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months after baseline in single workshops and baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after baseline in the yearly program	Assessing full scale, range 0-40, lower score meaning a better outcome
The Saarbrücken Personality Questionnaire (SPF) based on the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months after baseline in single workshops and baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after baseline in the yearly program	Assessing full scale, range 16-80, higher score meaning a better outcome
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (MOS SF-36)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 months and 6 months after baseline in single workshops and baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after baseline in the yearly program	Assessing full scale, range 0-100, higher score meaning a better outcome
Heart Rate Variability (HRV)	Assessing change from baseline to 3 and 6 months after baseline in the yearly program	24h measuring

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Charité Medical University, Department of Integrative Medicine at the Immanual Hospital Berlin; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany