Efficacy of Different Versions of the Best Possible Self Intervention

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: General Population

Treatments: Behavioral: BPS PAST; Behavioral: BPS FUTURE; Behavioral: BPS PRESENT; Behavioral: CONTROL

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03024853

H1415802387094

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of several variations of an already validated Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) called Best Possible Self, using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in general population. Participants are randomly assigned to one of 4 conditions: BPS PAST condition, BPS PRESENT condition, BPS FUTURE condition, and CONTROL condition (daily activities).

Full description

Intervention lasts 7 days. Participants come to the laboratory the first day, they fill up assessment questionnaires and practice the assigned exercise. Then, they practice the assigned exercise for 6 more days at home.

The main hypothesis is that all three experimental conditions will enhance wellbeing comparing to the control condition.

Enrollment: 112 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be 18 years old or older.
• Participants must be willing to participate in the study.
• Participants must have computer with Internet access and e-mail address.

Exclusion criteria

• To suffer from moderated or severe depression as established by a score of 20 or more in the Beck Inventory of Depression (BDI-II; Beck, 1996).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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112 participants in 4 patient groups

BPS PAST

Experimental group

Description:

Participants write down about themselves in a past when they displayed their best self. Then, they make a video with this text and a chosen song, watch the video and then they visualize (imagine) the content.

Treatment:

Behavioral: BPS PAST

BPS PRESENT

Experimental group

Description:

Participants write down about themselves in in the present, focusing on what currently makes the best version of themselves (skills, features...). Then, they make a video with this text and a chosen song, watch the video and then they visualize (imagine) the content.

Treatment:

Behavioral: BPS PRESENT

BPS FUTURE

Experimental group

Description:

Participants write down about themselves in the future after everything has gone as well as it possibly could. Then, they make a video with this text and a chosen song, watch the video and then they visualize (imagine) the content. This is the original BPS exercise (already validated in other studies).

Treatment:

Behavioral: BPS FUTURE

CONTROL

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants write down the activities they did during the last 24 hours. Then, they visualize (imagine) the content. They practice the visualization exercise for 7 consecutive days.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CONTROL