Skills to Enhance Positivity in Young Adults

NCT ID: NCT06621992

Last Updated: 2024-10-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 53 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-12-31
• Study Completion Date: 2019-07-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a positive affect intervention for suicide in a population of young adults. Skills to Enhance Positivity (STEP) has been demonstrated to be feasible and acceptable among adolescents when delivered individually. The current study aims to test feasibility and acceptability in a group setting of young adults. The specific aims of STEP also seek to establish whether participants who received STEP report a significant increase in attention towards positive affect compared to those receiving Treatment As Usual (TAU). They also seek to explore whether participants who received STEP will report a significant decrease in suicidal ideation and depression compared to those receiving TAU. The final aim is to explore whether an increase in attention to positive affect regardless of condition is a potential mechanism of change for reductions in suicidal ideation and depression. Participants will be randomized into STEP or TAU groups, they will complete baseline and follow-up assessments after a period of 3-months. Participants enrolled in STEP will receive in-person group sessions focusing on psychoeducation of positive affect as well as skills in mindfulness, gratitude and savoring designed to promote positive affect. After completing the group sessions they will also receive text messages for one month, where they will receive prompts to practice skills they learned in the group setting.

Conditions

Positive Affect; Mindfulness; Gratitude; Savoring; Depression

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Skills to Enhance Positivity

Participants received 4 group sessions, session 1 focused on positive affect psychoeducation, session 2 on mindfulness, 3 on savoring and 4 on gratitude. Once completing the group sessions participants received text messages for 1 month before tapering off.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Skills to Enhance Positivity

Intervention Type: OTHER

Treatment as Usual

Participants received their standard treatment as usual

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Treatment as Usual

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants received treatment as usual

Interventions

Skills to Enhance Positivity

Intervention Type: OTHER

Treatment as Usual

Participants received treatment as usual

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants must have a recent history of depression and are English-speaking
• Participants also must have a cell phone with text-messaging capabilities

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who have acute psychotic disorders or cognitive deficits that would preclude full understanding of the protocol, intervention and assessment materials

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 26 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Rhode Island Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

016816

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id