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The Effects of Interventions Aiming at Optimizing Expectations and Inducing Positive Emotions After an Acute Stressor

NCT02848014 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2017-04-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a short psychological intervention aiming at optimizing expectations is able to foster positive emotions and whether an intervention inducing positive emotions is able improve participants' expectations. Furthermore, the investigators will examine whether both interventions are effective in buffering the stress response after an acute stressor in a healthy sample compared to a control condition.

Conditions

  • Healthy Participants

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Writing task

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Philipps University Marburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Winfried Rief, Professor · Philipps University Marburg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-11-30
Completion
2016-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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