The Effect of Religious Practices on Mental and Spiritual Health
NCT ID: NCT05622604
Last Updated: 2025-10-10
Study Results
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COMPLETED
NA
312 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-11-30
2023-03-10
Brief Summary
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•What are the effects of using Pray.com on stress in individuals who report high levels of stress?
Participants will complete measures at baseline (i.e., Time 1), four-weeks (i.e., Time 2), and eight weeks (i.e., Time 3). Participants will be randomly assigned one of three conditions: (1) autonomous use (directed to use the app daily), (2) meditative prayer condition (directed to use this feature of the app daily), or (3) wait-list control condition.
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Detailed Description
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Eligible participants will be invited to participate in the study. Participants will read an informed consent document that will give information about the study and their rights as participants. Participants will be given the opportunity to contact the research team and ask questions. If they agree to participate, participants will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions. Condition 1 is the control condition (i.e., no intervention condition). In Condition 2, participants will be given a free subscription to the Pray.com app and will be directed to use the app five days per week (i.e., autonomous use condition). In Condition 3, participants will be given a free subscription to the Pray.com app and will be directed to listen to a meditation prayer five days per week (i.e., meditative prayer condition). Participants will receive periodic reminders on their phone if they have not used the app.
All participants will fill out a series of online questionnaires monthly for a two-month time-period (i.e., Baseline / Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3). Participants will receive a link from the research team when it is time for them to fill out their questionnaire via a secure online data collection portal. After finishing the study, participants will be debriefed and given the opportunity to ask questions about their participation.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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no intervention condition
no intervention
No interventions assigned to this group
autonomous use condition
Participants will be given a free subscription to the Pray.com app and will be directed to use the app five days per week.
pray.com app (autonomous use)
Participants will be given a free subscription to the Pray.com app and will be directed to use the app five days per week.
meditative prayer condition
Participants will be given a free subscription to the Pray.com app and will be directed to listen to a meditation prayer five days per week.
pray.com app (meditative prayer condition)
Participants will be given a free subscription to the Pray.com app and will be directed to listen to a meditation prayer five days per week.
Interventions
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pray.com app (autonomous use)
Participants will be given a free subscription to the Pray.com app and will be directed to use the app five days per week.
pray.com app (meditative prayer condition)
Participants will be given a free subscription to the Pray.com app and will be directed to listen to a meditation prayer five days per week.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* own a smart phone and be willing to download a mobile app
* willing to engage in a Christian practice on a mobile app
* score of 14 or greater on the Perceived Stress Scale (indicating at least a moderate level of stress)
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Biola University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Todd Hall
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Todd Hall, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Biola University
Locations
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Biola University
La Mirada, California, United States
Countries
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Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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F22-011
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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