An Energetic View on Creativity, Psychopathology and Intelligence: A Mixed Design Study in Adults With and Without Psychological Disorders
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- General creative thinking as assessed with the PTT creativity examination
研究概览
简要总结
The interventional part of the study aims to assess the acute effect of the Brain2Business (B2B) tool on creative thinking (primary objective) in adults with psychological disorders. Additionally, the study assesses the B2B effects on energy-related sensations and metabolism, technique adherence, gratefulness and goal-directed activation (secondary objectives) in adults with and without psychological disorders. The observational part of the study primarily aims to investigate the link between psychopathology, intelligence, energy-related sensations and metabolism validating the "c factor mito-bioenergetics" (CMB) model in a sample of adults with and without psychological disorders.
详细描述
Creativity techniques aim to improve creative thinking and to resolve rigid thinking patterns. They are often recommended and used to generate new insights and perspectives in business and occupational contexts, e.g. to support business development. Despite its successful real-world use, research on the benefits of specific creativity techniques is still in its infancy and it is largely unknown which techniques work best in which contexts.
Most importantly, to the best of the investigators knowledge, (i) specifically designed creativity techniques are not part of any evidence-based psychotherapeutic technique, and (ii) have never been investigated to assist evidence-based psychotherapeutic techniques. Creativity techniques may be helpful in psychotherapy as creative thinking and the generation of new insights and perspectives are believed to be crucial for the efficiency of many psychotherapeutic methods such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy. In addition, it is well-known that people with psychological disorders show less creative thinking, less flexibility and more rigidity in thinking and behavior.
This mixed interventional and observational study has two main aims. The interventional study aims to reveal the effect of a creativity technique - the Brain2Business (B2B) tool - on creative thinking, energy-related sensations and metabolism, technique adherence, gratefulness and goal-directed activation in two different psychotherapeutic techniques (idea generation for pleasurable activities within a behavioral activation therapy (PA-BA) and idea generation for a gratefulness exercise (GE)). As the primary outcome, the acute effect of B2B on creative thinking in adults with a psychological disorder are investigated. As secondary outcomes, the study focuses on the acute B2B effects on energy-related sensations (e.g. tiredness) and metabolism (e.g. heart rate variability) as well as on adherence to the psychotherapeutic techniques, gratefulness and goal-directed activation in adults with and without a psychological disorder.
The B2B tool is a specifically designed creativity technique and depicts a gamified conceptual combination approach. This approach has previously shown to have effects on originality of ideas and it is successfully used in real-world occupational contexts.
The main aim of the observational part of the study is to reveal the relationship between energy-related sensations (e.g., sensations of fatigue and energy), energy metabolism (e.g., heart rate variability, heart rate, core body temperature, skin temperature, blood pressure, cerebral oxygenation), psychopathology, intelligence, and creativity within the newly developed "c factor mito-bioenergetics" (CMB) model. It is a bioenergetic model that links psychopathology and intelligence. The CMB model (i) conceptualizes general cerebral function as the shared variance between intelligence and psychopathology and (ii) assumes that the body's energy metabolism is the biological underpinning of the co-variation between psychopathology and intelligence.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Based on the behavioral intervention, the administrator of the intervention who is intrinsically also the outcome assessor of the primary outcome cannot be masked. Participants are masked as they are not aware about their treatment condition. Self-rated questionnaire-based outcome measures are not subject to bias as participants are masked.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Individuals with and without a diagnosed psychiatric disorder (lifetime or current)
排除标准
- •Acute suicidality
- •Self-reported diagnosed neurological disorders that interfere with the study procedures
- •Insufficient German language
- •Vulnerable participants (e.g. participants with any indications for an incapability of judgement)
- •Caffeine, tobacco consumption and physical activity two hours before the lab-based session starts (only for additional biomarker analyses)
结局指标
主要结局
General creative thinking as assessed with the PTT creativity examination
时间窗: Measured in the lab-session (time point 4)
The PTT creativity examination measures general creative thinking in psychotherapeutic techniques (PTT) using a composite measure of a newly developed objective and self-reported creative thinking assessments across two PTT. The composite score is calculated by averaging z-standardized objective and self-reported creative thinking assessments from both PTT. The z-standardized outcome value has a mean of 0 and SD of 1 with a probable range between -3 and +3. Higher scores mean a better outcome. The assessment include the generated ideas (a) for pleasurable activities as a component of behavioral activation (PA-BA) and (b) for a gratefulness exercise (GE). The score will be adjusted for baseline general creative thinking.
次要结局
- Top 3 creativity evaluation(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Creative self-efficacy(Change from pre-test (time point 2) to 1-week-follow-up (time point 5))
- Adherence to behavioral activation (BA) - planned activities(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Eureka moment assessment(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Energy-related metabolism index - post-acute effects(Change from the lab-session to home-based assessment (time point 2 to time point 5))
- General self-efficacy as assessed with the general self-efficacy brief scale (AKSU)(Change from pre-test (time point 2) to the last day of the diary period (time point 5))
- Creativity exercise experiences(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Post-creativity exercise experiences as assessed with the Game Experience Questionnaire - post game module(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Acute energy-related sensations(Change within the lab-based session from before the exercises (time point 2) to after each of the exercises (time point 4))
- Objective creative thinking as assessed with the PTT creativity examination - Objective creativity subscore(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) part II composite score(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Everyday life creativity assessment(Change from pre-test (time point 2) to 1-week-follow-up (time point 5))
- Depressive symptoms as assessed Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI II)(Change from pre-test (time point 1) to the last day of the diary period (time point 5))
- Self-report creative thinking as assessed with the PTT creativity examination - Self-reported creativity subscore(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- PTT creativity examination - Originality subscore(Measured in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Adherence to behavioral activation (BA) - performed activities(Measured home-based within the 5-day diary period (time point 5))
- Adherence to gratefulness exercise (GE) - ideas(Measured home-based within the 5-day diary period (time point 5))
- Post-acute energy-related sensations as measured with the energy grid(Change within the 5-day diary period measured home-based (time point 5))
- Bodily sensations of activation/deactivation and lightness/heaviness(Change from pre to post gratefulness exercise in the lab-session (time point 4))
- Sleep quality(Change from pre-test (time point 2) to the diary period (time point 5))
- Gratefulness as assessed with the Gratitude questionnaire (GQ-5-G).(Change from pre-test (time point 2) to the last day of the diary period (time point 5))
- Positive/negative experience ratio(Measured at the last day of the diary period (time point 5))
- Adherence to gratefulness exercise (GE) - time(Measured home-based within the 5-day diary period (time point 5))
- Energy-related metabolism index - acute effects(Change within the lab-session (time point 2 to time point 4))
- Flow experiences in everyday life as assessed with the Brief Flow Scale (FKS).(Change from pre-test (time point 2) to the last day of the diary period (time point 5))
- Physical activity(Change from pre-test (time point 2) to the diary period (time point 5))
- Goal- and value-based activation(Change from pre-test (time point 2) to the last day of the diary period (time point 5))
研究者
Rainer Krähenmann
Medical director of Psychiatric Services Thurgau (PD Dr.)
Psychiatrische Dienste Thurgau