Perspective on Thoughts and Feelings as a Predictor of Psychological Well-being in Daily Life, in a Community Sample
NCT ID: NCT03336710
Last Updated: 2019-07-30
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
380 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2017-07-06
2018-12-17
Brief Summary
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The investigators hypothesize that decentering moderates the association of extreme affect with related symptoms (i.e., elevated negative affect with depression and anxiety; elevated positive affect with mania, narcissism, and histrionic traits) and well-being, such that the association is attenuated at high levels of decentering. This will be examined using the EMA data, analyzing between-person levels (i.e., trait) as well as momentary within-person processes (i.e., concurrent and prospective states).
Further, the investigators predict that broadened attentional focus and improved self-regulation are mechanisms that contribute to the beneficial effects of decentering in daily life. This hypothesis will be examined in two ways:
1. as individual differences, wherein greater self-regulatory abilities (e.g., higher heart rate variability) and less attentional biases towards emotional stimuli mediate the association between trait decentering and subsequent daily well-being/symptoms, and
2. as within-person momentary levels, wherein broader attentional processes and greater self-regulation in daily life mediate the concurrent and prospective association between momentary decentering and well-being/symptoms.
Note that the study uses a multimodal assessment of each of the proposed processes. For attentional processes, a variety of parameters extracted from an emotional eye tracking paradigm will be examined. For self-regulatory abilities, assessments will include self-report, physiological (heart rate variability), and behavioral ("go / no-go" task) measures of such abilities.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Primary sample
Community sample of adults (18-65) from the greater Buffalo, NY region, oversampling people who are seeking mental health treatment.
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
NIH
State University of New York at Buffalo
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Kenneth G. DeMarree
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Principal Investigators
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Kristin Gainey, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University at Buffalo
Kenneth G DeMarree, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University at Buffalo
Locations
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University at Buffalo, Department of psychology
Buffalo, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Naragon-Gainey K, DeMarree KG. Structure and validity of measures of decentering and defusion. Psychol Assess. 2017 Jul;29(7):935-954. doi: 10.1037/pas0000405. Epub 2016 Oct 31.
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Naragon-Gainey K, DeMarree KG. Decentering attentuates the associations of negative affect and positive affect with psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science. Epub 2017 Aug 11.
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Watson D, Clark LA, Tellegen A. Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: the PANAS scales. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1988 Jun;54(6):1063-70. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.54.6.1063.
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Gross JJ, John OP. Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: implications for affect, relationships, and well-being. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2003 Aug;85(2):348-62. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.2.348.
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