Mindfulness and Romantic Relationship Quality

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

274 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-04

Study Completion Date

2024-06-30

Brief Summary

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The overarching aim of this proposal is to experimentally test whether a mindfulness intervention improves relationship quality. Romantic couples from the community will be randomly assigned to one of two arms: mindfulness vs. active control. Both interventions will be completed on a smart-phone for 14 days using identical intervention activities as our existing published research. After the 14-day period, couples will attend a lab visit and provide relationship quality data.

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Detailed Description

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Romantic couples from the community will be randomly assigned to one of two arms: mindfulness vs. active control. Thus, both partners will either complete the mindfulness intervention (developed to increase attention towards and acceptance of current experiences) or a relaxation-based active treatment comparison intervention (developed to parallel the structure of the mindfulness intervention without the attention towards or acceptance of present experiences). Both interventions will be completed on a smart-phone for 14 days using identical intervention activities as our existing published research, which demonstrated that the mindfulness intervention reduced stress reactivity and improved daily well-being. After the 14-day period, couples will attend a lab visit and provide multi-method relationship quality data.

Conditions

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The Focus of the Study is Romantic Relationship Quality

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

There are 2 arms to this intervention - mindfulness and active control.

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

The participant and the people interacting with participants will be blind to condition.

Study Groups

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MIndfulness

This arm was developed to increase attention towards and acceptance of current experiences.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will either complete a mindfulness intervention or active control for 2 weeks on their smartphone

Active Control

This arm is a relaxation-based active treatment comparison intervention, developed to parallel the structure of the mindfulness intervention without the attention towards or acceptance of present experiences.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mindfulness intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will either complete a mindfulness intervention or active control for 2 weeks on their smartphone

Interventions

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Mindfulness intervention

Participants will either complete a mindfulness intervention or active control for 2 weeks on their smartphone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Couples living together for at least 2 years
* Both partners must be fluent in English
* Both partners cannot already engage in regular systematic mind-body practice (\>2 times per week).
* Both partners must have daily access to an internet-enabled smartphone to complete the intervention