Impact of an Online Positive Affect Journaling Intervention
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Stress
In brief
In this study the investigators plan to recruit 70 patients reporting high levels of stress to test the impact of Positive Affect Journaling. Patients randomized to use the online intervention will be asked to journal about one of seven topics, several days each week, for three months. The topics (e.g., "What went well") are designed to help the individual focus on some positive aspect of their life or themselves over the past day. Each topic is based on prompts shown to be effective in studies of up to one week in duration. In the summer of 2012, our research team pilot tested each prompt with 20 patients with high levels of anxiety, which led to important changes to the prompts, to increase their potential impact. The main aim is to understand the impact of Positive Affect Journaling on psychological distress, as measured by the National Health Interview Survey.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01873599
- Run by
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- People needed
- 70
- Starts
- 2013-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-07-10
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Fluently speaks, writes, and read English
- Report elevated levels of stress
- Be between 21-80 years of age
- Have access to the Internet
- Have an ECOG Performance Status of 0 (Fully active) through 3 (Limited self-care)
You may not qualify if…
- High risk for suicidality on the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (SCID).
- Pregnant or planning to get pregnant in the next 3 months
- Moving in the next 6 months
Where it is running
- Penn State Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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