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Can Applying the Science of Habit Formation to Contemplative Practice Improve Outcomes

NCT05866718 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 497

Last updated 2025-12-31

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Summary

In the present study, the investigators will conduct a confirmatory efficacy trial to test whether improving practice automaticity (i.e., habit formation) of self-compassionate touch improves outcomes in the predicted direction. Adults (n=440, including 20% for attrition) will be randomly assigned to: (1) the self-compassionate touch intervention plus habit formation tools ("SCT+HABITS") versus (2) the self-compassionate touch intervention alone ("SCT"). The investigators will conduct assessments at baseline, 3-month follow-up, and 6-month follow-up. The SCT+HABITS condition will be used to evaluate whether providing habit formation tools results in superior effects to SCT. The intervention will be delivered entirely online.

Conditions

  • Psychopathology

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Habit Formation Tools

Participants will receive evidence-based tools for promoting habit-formation.

BEHAVIORAL

Self-Compassionate Touch Intervention

Participants will be taught the micropractice (\<20-second/day personal practice) via video recording.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mind and Life Institute, Hadley, Massachusetts

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of California, Berkeley

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eli S Susman · University of California, Berkeley

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-14
Primary Completion
2024-09-22
Completion
2024-09-22

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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