Effectiveness of a Brief Gratitude Writing Intervention on State Optimism, State Gratitude, and Psychological Distress

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Conditions studied: Psychological Distress

In brief

The goal of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of brief writing interventions on state optimism, state gratitude and psychological distress among female university students. There are three groups; gratitude writing group where participants are required to write about the things they are grateful for, expressive writing group where participants are required to write about their deepest feelings and thoughts from last week and a control group where participants just write about the tasks they completed in the past week.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07588451

Run by

Kinnaird College for Women

People needed

96

Starts

2026-06-20

Expected to finish

2026-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female undergraduate students
• Students scoring mild to moderate distress on Kessler Psychological Distress scale

You may not qualify if…

• Female university students enrolled in psychology programs
• Students with physical disability
• Students who are already in therapy

Where it is running

• Kinnaird College For Women University — Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

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