Effectiveness of a Brief Gratitude Writing Intervention on State Optimism, State Gratitude, and Psychological Distress
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Gratitude Writing Intervention, Expressive Writing, Neutral writing.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Psychological Distress. Basic parameters: 18 years — 25 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Pakistan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effectiveness of a Brief Gratitude Writing Intervention on State Optimism, State Gratitude, and Psychological Distress Among Female University Students
Overview
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.
Interventions
- Other Gratitude Writing Intervention
Participants write the things they are grateful and thankful in their life for. It could be anything they want to write about for a period of 10 mins. They can write it in the language of their own choice and in what ever format they prefer. - Other Expressive Writing
Participants write about their deepest feelings and thoughts from the past week. They are given 10 mins to write. They can write in language of their own choice and in any format they prefer. - Other Neutral writing
Participants are asked to write about the tasks they have completed in the past week in 10 mins. They can write in the language of their choice and in any format they prefer
Primary outcome measures
- State Optimism measured by State Optimism Measure [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- State gratitude measured by the Gratitude Adjective Checklist [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the intervention]
- Psychological distress measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Female undergraduate students
- Students scoring mild to moderate distress on Kessler Psychological Distress scale
Exclusion criteria
- Female university students enrolled in psychology programs
- Students with physical disability
- Students who are already in therapy
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- Kinnaird College For Women University — Lahore
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07588451 · 46hv4152kbj2451