Effects of Repeated Attachment Security Priming on Depressed Mood: a Clinical Study

University of Southampton

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 1

Conditions: Unipolar Depression

Treatments: Other: Attachment security priming

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01694030

University of Southampton: LO6

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to explore whether asking participants to visualise a secure attachment figure or a neutral event leads to differences in self-reported felt security or depressed mood. Furthermore, the investigators aim to explore whether it is possible to keep a secure prime activated over 3 days via text message visualisation tasks.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Anxiety and depressive symptoms

Exclusion criteria

-Bipolar disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Neutral Condition

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the neutral (control) condition of the attachment security priming experiment will be asked to spend time visualising neutral events (e.g., supermarket shopping)for 3-10 minutes at a time.

Treatment:

Other: Attachment security priming

Secure condition

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the attachment security priming condition will be asked to complete visualisation tasks where they think about a secure attachment figure for between 3 - 10 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Attachment security priming