A Short, Animated Storytelling Video to Boost Psychological Capital

University Hospital Freiburg

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Psychological Capital

Treatments: Other: short, animated storytelling attention placebo video; Other: short, animated storytelling video (intervention video)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05718973

EduEntertainPsy_23

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate the effect of a short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital intervention on immediate and medium-term psychological capital and related constructs, gratitude and happiness. We will also measure voluntary engagement with the content of the short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital.

In this 4-armed, parallel, randomized controlled trial, 10,000 adult, US participants will be randomly assigned to (1) a short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital followed by the psychological capital , gratitude and happiness surveys (2) the surveys only, (3) an attention placebo control video followed by the before mentioned surveys, and (4) an arm that is exposed to neither the video nor the surveys. Two weeks later, participants in all four arms will complete all of the surveys.

The primary outcome is psychological capital (immediate and medium-term). Secondary outcomes are gratitude and happiness (immediate and medium-term) as well as voluntary engagement with the short, animated storytelling video content.

Enrollment: 10,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 59 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Registration with the Prolific platform

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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10,000 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention Arm

Experimental group

Description:

At Time 1, the Intervention Arm will view a short, animated storytelling video designed to promote psychological capital and, immediately thereafter, complete the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 as well as a single-item validated happiness scale. Two weeks later, the participants will complete the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 and the single-item validated happiness scale.

Treatment:

Other: short, animated storytelling video (intervention video)

Scale-Exposed Control Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

The Scale-Exposed Control Arm will watch no video content at Time 1, but will complete the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 as well as a single-item validated happiness scale. Two weeks later, the participants will complete the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 and the single-item validated happiness scale.

Attention Placebo Control Arm

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The Attention Placebo Control Arm will view an attention placebo control video, unrelated to the outcomes measured in this trial, before completing the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 and the single-item validated happiness scale. Two weeks later, the participants will complete the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 and the single-item validated happiness scale.

Treatment:

Other: short, animated storytelling attention placebo video

Un-exposed Control Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

The Un-exposed Control Arm will neither watch video content, nor complete the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 and the single-item validated happiness scale at Time 1. Two weeks later, the participants will complete the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 and the single-item validated happiness scale.