Mechanisms of Mindfulness Intervention：Rumination Behavioral Experiments

NCT ID: NCT06722573

Last Updated: 2024-12-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 160 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-12-10
• Study Completion Date: 2025-06-10

Brief Summary

This study hopes to explore whether the changes in rumination exhibited in behavioral experiments mediates the effects of mindfulness intervention on alleviating emotional distress

Detailed Description

In recent years, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have seen extensive application in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Studies show that mindfulness training improves emotional regulation and processing, contributing to better emotional health. MBIs have proven effective in reducing anxiety and depression among patients with conditions like multiple sclerosis, enhancing personal well-being, and alleviating chronic pain. Given the mounting evidence supporting its benefits, MBIs have become widely adopted across various settings. Nonetheless, the precise mechanisms through which mindfulness alleviates emotional distress remain poorly understood.

Rumination, a transdiagnostic process, plays a critical role in the development and persistence of emotional distress. Empirical evidence supports the effectiveness of MBIs in reducing rumination. However, the role of rumination in mediating the effects of MBIs on emotional distress remains inconsistent across studies. Kazdin (2007, 2009) outlined criteria for evaluating mechanisms and mediators, yet existing studies lack sufficient evidence to meet these standards. This study aims to explore the mechanistic role of rumination using behavioral experiments, focusing on the consistency criterion

Conditions

Emotional Distress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

MIED group

Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress (MIED) program provides standard audio instructions for mindfulness exercises, introduces the nature and law of anxiety, depression, and other emotions, the source of anxiety, depression, and other emotional distress, and the strategies and methods to alleviate emotional distress. These exercises, knowledge, and strategies are based on the latest progress in the field of psychological counseling and treatment, and their application in daily life can help alleviate anxiety, depression, and other emotional problems.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress(MIED)-normal version

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress (MIED) program provides standard audio instructions for mindfulness exercises, introduces the nature and law of anxiety, depression, and other emotions, the source of anxiety, depression, and other emotional distress, and the strategies and methods to alleviate emotional distress. These exercises, knowledge and strategies are based on the latest progress in the field of psychological counseling and treatment, and their application in daily life can help alleviate anxiety, depression and other emotional problems.

waitlist control group

no intervention

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress(MIED)-normal version

Mindfulness Intervention for Emotional Distress (MIED) program provides standard audio instructions for mindfulness exercises, introduces the nature and law of anxiety, depression, and other emotions, the source of anxiety, depression, and other emotional distress, and the strategies and methods to alleviate emotional distress. These exercises, knowledge and strategies are based on the latest progress in the field of psychological counseling and treatment, and their application in daily life can help alleviate anxiety, depression and other emotional problems.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• - Subjects with scores greater than 21 on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.
• - Aged 18-55 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

• - Subjects who could not access the Internet;
• - Subjects with insufficient Chinese ability;
• - Subjects who have participated in mindfulness based projects for more than 6 weeks before, and / or the current frequency of meditation practice is more than once a week;
• - Subjects with schizophrenia or psychotic affective disorder, current organic mental disorder, substance abuse disorder and generalized developmental disorder;
• - Subjects with high risk of suicide.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Peking University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Xinghua Liu

Director

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Xinghua Liu

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University

Central Contacts

Zitong Xin

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +86 13718720771

Email: 2201110738@pku.edu.cn

Xinghua Liu

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +86 13371669818

Email: xinghua_liu@pku.edu.cn

Other Identifiers

E20241201

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id