Efficacy of a Positive Psychology Intervention Through a Mobile App

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Not Flourishing Population
• Interventions: Behavioral: BPS PAST; Behavioral: DAILY ACTIVITIES; Behavioral: BPS FUT

• Registration Number: NCT03072680
• Lead Sponsor: University of Valencia

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of several variations of an already validated Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) called Best Possible Self in not flourishing population. This will be done through a mobile app specially designed for this aim.

Concretely, the design will permit to compare the classic intervention (BPS Future), a new variation (BPS Past), and a combination of both components (BPS Past+Future).

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of 3 conditions, in which they will practice the intervention for two weeks:

* BPS-PAST + BPS FUT condition: Participants will practice BPS Past for one week, and then they will switch to BPS future for another week.

* BPS-FUT condition: Participants will practice BPS Future for two weeks.

* CONTROL condition: Participants will practice DAILY ACTIVITIES for two weeks.

Detailed Description

The design will permit two comparisons:

After the first week of the intervention, participants will answer the assessment. It will permit to compare BPS PAST, BPS FUTURE and CONTROL conditions (pre-post).

After the second week, participants will answer the assessment and then it will be possible to compare BPS PAST + BPS FUTURE combination, BPS FUTURE, and CONTROL conditions.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-03-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-02
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-07
• Study Start: 2019-04-23
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-27
• Study Completion: 2019-07-27
• Status Verified: 2019-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 2019-09-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 361

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants must be 18 years old or older.
• Participants must be willing to participate in the study.
• Participants must have a smartphone (Android or Ios).

Exclusion Criteria

• To suffer from moderate depression or anxiety (scores of 11 or higher) measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; Zigmond & Snaith, 1983).
• To have "Flourishing mental health" measured by the Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF; Keyes, 2009)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
BPS PAST + BPS FUT	BPS FUT	Participants practice BPS PAST the first week, then they switch fot BPS FUT.
BPS FUT	BPS FUT	Participants practice BPS FUT during the two weeks.
BPS PAST + BPS FUT	BPS PAST	Participants practice BPS PAST the first week, then they switch fot BPS FUT.
CONTROL	DAILY ACTIVITIES	Participants practice DAILY ACTIVITIES for the two weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of Positive and Negative Affect from baseline to post-intervention	Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)	Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; Watson, Clark \& Tellegen, 1988)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wellbeing	Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)	The Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF; Keyes, 2009)
Satisfaction with life	Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)	Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS; Pavot, Diener \& Suh, 1998).
Optimism	Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)	Life Orientation Test (LOT-R; Scheier, Carver \& Bridges, 1994).
Self-efficacy	Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)	New General Self-efficacy Scale (NGSES; Chen, Gully \& Eden, 2001).

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

University of Valencia; 🇪🇸 Valencia, Spain

University of Twente; 🇳🇱 Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands