Online Positive Psychology Intervention for Depression and Anxiety Due to COVID-19

Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a Positive Psychology intervention, that is focused on increasing the positive emotions and strengths of human beings. It is compared to the effectiveness of an online treatment with the change of the same participants before and after receiving the treatment accompanied by a chat support service vs. the treatment solely. The changes are being assessed through worldwide validated measures such as psychometrics.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Sleep Disturbance

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online Intervention Mental Health COVID-19

The Online Intervention Mental Health COVID-19 aims to provide to the target population a self-applied intervention based primarily on Positive Psychology, aimed at the recognition and development of strengths and virtues from the well-being approach. In addition, it is supported by elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy such as the components of emotion and the Antecedent-Response-Consequence (ARC) model of emotions. Elements of Behavioral Activation Therapy are also included, such as the importance of physical exercise and the relationship between physical anxiety and its effects on anxiety and depression. The intervention is made up of 15 modules that are adapted to the symptoms that the population may suffer from the global contingency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the Positive Psychology modules, a module with psychoeducation on grief and loss was added.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Internacional de Valencia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Anabel de la Rosa Gómez, PhD · Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• Paulina Arenas Landgrave, PhD · Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• Jasshel Teresa Salinas-Saldivar, MD · Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

• Flor Rocio Ramirez-Martinez, PhD · Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

• Sofía Cristina Martínez Luna, MD · Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-05-20

Primary Completion

2021-07-31

Completion

2021-07-31

Countries

• Mexico

Study Locations