Well-being and the HM App Pilot (WHAP) Study

Summary

There is no single definition of well-being, but consensus exists that positive functioning beyond the absence of detrimental mental health symptoms is central. Building on related "eudaimonic" frameworks of psychological flourishing that identify qualities like environmental mastery, positive relations with others, and personal growth, this study targets brain-based skills that underlie the active cultivation of such qualities (e.g., regulating attention, empathic care, mental flexibility), and thus offers straightforward hypotheses about mechanisms of change.

The Healthy Minds Program (HMP) is designed to promote and protect psychological well-being through sustainable skills training. The program is grounded in constituents of psychological well-being identified in empirical literature. HMP provides core content, with instruction administered through a curriculum of high-quality guided practices. HMP is based on research on eudaimonic well-being (e.g., environmental mastery, purpose) and brain-based skills that underlie these qualities (e.g., regulation of attention, mental flexibility). HMP practices address 4 constituents of well-being: awareness, connection, insight, and purpose. This pilot focuses on awareness, connection, and insight.

Conditions

• Well-being

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Awareness

The program foundation targets attention and awareness skills that are integral to many conceptions of mindfulness.

BEHAVIORAL

Connection

The Connection module targets skills underlying social connection, which refers to the sense of having close and positively experienced relationships with others in the social world.

BEHAVIORAL

Insight

The Insight module targets skills underlying dynamic self-inquiry and experiential self-knowledge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Wisconsin, Madison

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Melissa Rosenkranz, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Simon Goldberg, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-10-15

Primary Completion

2021-01-08

Completion

2021-01-08

Countries

• United States

Study Locations