Behavioral Management and Psychological Well-Being

Centro de Estudos em Medicina Comportamental

Status: Completed

Conditions: Psychological Well Being; Behavioral Management

Treatments: Behavioral: Seminars in Health; Behavioral: Behavioral Management Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01823601

UMC-04201301

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of present study is to evaluate whether a program of behavioral and cognitive procedures for emotional control, and assertive training, produces well-being and improvement in quality of life of healthy volunteers.

Full description

Healthy volunteers,not presenting neurologic or psychiatric disorders, 18 years or older,both genders, were selected, after a medical examination, to participate in the study. In a randomized controlled trial, the volunteers were submitted to sessions of muscle relaxation (autogenic method), progressive self-focus meditation, and cognitive-behavioral training in self-control of negatives feelings. They were also trained to determine goals and to determine each step to reach them (plan of action).The volunteers have to apply this strategy to control emotional behavior and improve interpersonal relationship. Anxiety and depression scores will be determined using the Beck self evaluation scales (BDI and BAI); quality of life will be determined using WHO-QOL inventory and the Ryff Scale will be used to measure Psychological Well-Being.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy people, without neurological or psychiatry disorders, according to the results of a medical examination
• 18 years or older
• high school degree

Exclusion criteria

• Severe neurological or psychiatric disorders

Trial design

64 participants in 2 patient groups

Seminars in Health

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group of volunteers will attend to seminars in health. Each seminar will last about 120 minutes, a similar period of time used for training experimental group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Seminars in Health

Behavioral Management Program

Experimental group

Description:

"Behavioral Management Program" consists in to teach to the volunteers procedures which involve autogenic muscle relaxation, progressive self-focus meditation and cognitive-behavioral training to change thoughts, beliefs and behavior in order to control emotions. This program will consist in 10 weekly sessions of about 120 minutes each.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavioral Management Program