The Resilience Challenge: FERN (Fostering Emotional Resilience During a Time of National Stress)
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Enrollment
- 11,659
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- PROMIS Positive Affect CAT
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effects of an online positive psychological intervention on positive emotion, anxiety, depression, feelings of social isolation, sleep disturbance and a sense of meaning and purpose in the general public. The main question it aims to answer is:
Will the practice of positive emotion skills via a self-guided online platform reduce feelings of anxiety, depression, social isolation, and sleep disturbance, as well as increase well-being, positive emotion, a sense of meaning and purpose, life satisfaction, and general self-efficacy?
Participants will take part in an online positive psychological skill learning intervention for 6-8 weeks. Prior to beginning, immediately after, and 4 weeks after, participants will fill out measures of their wellbeing.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Over 18 years old, Access to device connected to the internet
Exclusion Criteria
- •Under 18 years old
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
PROMIS Positive Affect CAT
Time Frame: At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later
Secondary Outcomes
- PROMIS Depression CAT(At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later)
- PROMIS Anxiety CAT(At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later)
- PROMIS Meaning and Purpose CAT(At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later)
- PROMIS Social Isolation CAT(At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later)
- PROMIS Sleep Disturbance CAT(At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later)
- PROMIS General Self-Efficacy CAT(At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later)
- PROMIS General Life Satisfaction CAT(At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later)
Investigators
Judith Moskowitz
Professor of Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern University