Yale Wellness Project

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1

Treatments: Behavioral: Emotional Intelligence; Behavioral: Sudarshan Kriya Yoga; Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03229577

2000020302

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Yale College Emotional Intelligence project aims to highlight the beneficial impact of wellness programs for Yale students. The investigators will examine the benefits of 3 empirically-validated programs (Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) & SKY Yoga Breathing) for Yale students on measures of general well-being (e.g. perceived stress, gratitude etc). The study will also include a no-treatment control group as a comparative measure to the well-being programs. The goal of the study is to show how each program benefits student well-being over time. Pre-intervention and post-intervention data will be collected. The hypothesis is that all 3 workshops will decrease stress and improve well-being and that the manner in which each workshop will do so may be different (e.g. MBSR will benefit student well-being by increasing mindfulness and self-compassion whereas Emotional Intelligence may benefit student well-being by improving cognitive emotion regulation). Given the current state of mental health challenges and stress on college campuses, the goal of this randomized-controlled trial is to strengthen the literature on wellness programs for students and to show that student well-being can significantly increase through effective interventions.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

• Yale student.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18 years old.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 4 patient groups

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga workshop is a nationally-recognized program focused on teaching yoga-based breathing techniques.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Experimental group

Description:

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a nationally-recognized program focused on teaching mindfulness techniques.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Emotional Intelligence

Experimental group

Description:

Emotional Intelligence is a program developed for university students that focuses on teaching the skills of emotional intelligence such as labeling, understanding, and regulating emotions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Emotional Intelligence

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will receive no intervention.