Evaluation of the Positive Psychotherapy to Reduce Symptoms and to Promote Happiness With Depressive Patients Compared to Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Depressive symptoms (measured by an assessment by others)
研究概览
简要总结
This study evaluates the effects of the Positive Psychotherapy on depressive symptoms and on happiness compared with regular cognitive behavioral therapy.
详细描述
Positive Psychotherapy (PPT) focuses on increasing well-being and positive emotions rather than ameliorating deficits in contrast to standard psychotherapy.
A lack of positive emotions, engagement and felt meaning are typically viewed as consequences or mere correlates of depression, while the PPT suggests that these may be causal for depression. Therefore building positive emotion, engagement and meaning will alleviate depression.
Thus PPT may offer a new way to treat and prevent depression.
The aim of this study is to compare the effects of the Positive Psychotherapy on depressive symptoms, life satisfaction and happiness in comparison to standard cognitive behavior psychotherapy (regular cognitive behavioral therapy).
60 mildly to moderately depressed patients are randomly assigned to the Positive Psychotherapy group or the regular cognitive behavioral therapy group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Clinical diagnosis of Depression (Major depressive disorder, recurrent: mild to moderate; Major depressive disorder, single episode: mild to moderate; Dysthymic disorder)
- •Patients should be between age 18 and 60
排除标准
- •Any current treatment for depression
- •Substance related or alcohol related disorder (within the last 12 months)
- •Panic disorder
- •Manic or hypomanic disorder
- •Psychotic disorder * refusal to participate in a 14 weeks psychotherapy treatment
研究组 & 干预措施
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Active Control Group (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
干预措施: Cognitive behavioral therapy (Behavioral)
Positive Psychotherapy
Experimental Group (Positive Psychotherapy)
干预措施: Positive Psychotherapy (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Depressive symptoms (measured by an assessment by others)
时间窗: fourteen weeks
The depressive symptoms will also be measured by an assessment by others: the Montgomery Asberg Depression Scale (MADS) which consists of 10 items
Happiness (measured by a self-report-questionnaire)
时间窗: fourteen weeks
Happiness will be assessed by a self-report-scale: the Flourishing-Scale (FS) which consists of 8 items
Happiness (measured by a self-report questionnaire)
时间窗: fourteen weeks
Happiness will be assessed by an additional self-report-questionnaire which consists of 25 items: the Positive Psychotherapy Inventory (PPTI)
Depressive symptoms (measured by a self-report questionnaire)
时间窗: fourteen weeks
The depressive symptoms will be assessed by a self - report questionnaire: the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) which consists of 21 items
Life satisfaction (measured by a self-report questionnaire)
时间窗: fourteen weeks
Life-Satisfaction will be measured by a self-report-questionnaire consisting of 5 items: the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
次要结局
- Life events(six months)
- Clinical Symptoms(fourteen weeks)
研究者
Mag. Linda Maria Furchtlehner
Principal Investigator
University of Salzburg