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| R01AT007884-01 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) | NIH |
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The overarching goal of the proposed research is to investigate the role of emotions in facilitating successful lifestyle change, defined as healthy behavioral decisions repeated daily, or near daily.
Participants are asked to make two lab visits during the course of four weeks to complete electronic questionnaires, be monitored for psychophysiological activity (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure, respiration), and listen to a guided meditation audio track. Additionally, between the two visits participants will be asked to complete weekly surveys that ask about daily meditation practice (outside of the lab) and general emotions.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Neutral | Placebo Comparator | Reading passage about brain function which is masked as a news article. |
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| Lovingkindness Meditation (LKM) | Experimental | Lovingkindness guided meditation experienced in the laboratory and 6 additional LKM meditations taken home on the iPod. |
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| Mindfulness Meditation | Placebo Comparator | Mindfulness guided meditation experienced in the laboratory and 6 additional Mindfulness meditations taken home on the iPod. |
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| Positivity | Experimental | Reading passage about prioritizing positive emotions which is masked as a news article. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Lovingkindness Meditation (LKM) | Behavioral | Compassionate behavior training (REVISE) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in positive emotions (as measured by the Modified Daily Emotions Scale) | Modified Daily Emotions Scale (mDES) - This measure of explicit positive affect has been successfully used by the PI in multiple studies to detect changes in positive emotion. Previous work by the PI found that Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the mDES positive emotion composite variable was 0.93 in sample of mid-life community adults similar to those anticipated for this study. | Baseline and Weeks 1, 2, and 3 |
| Change in nonconscious incentive salience (as measured by the Affect Misattribution Procedure) | Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP) - This measure of nonconscious incentive salience has acceptable internal consistency for an indirect measure of affect (.69 - .90) and has been found to predict judgments and behavioral outcomes above and beyond self-report measures. | Baseline and Weeks 1, 2, and 3 |
| Changes in meditation time | Self-reported meditation time recorded daily and weekly. In addition, meditation track play times will be recorded from the iPod. | Weeks 1, 2, and 3 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Cardiac Vagal Tone | This measure of parasympathetic control over the heart has been positively associated with both emotional and social functioning. Previous work by the PI's team has found that baseline vagal tone predicts increased positive response to lovingkindness meditation (LKM), and that LKM in turn increases vagal tone. | Baseline |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Barbara L Fredrickson, PhD | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| UNC PEP Lab | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27514 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 18954193 | Background | Fredrickson BL, Cohn MA, Coffey KA, Pek J, Finkel SM. Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2008 Nov;95(5):1045-1062. doi: 10.1037/a0013262. | |
| 19267330 | Background | Carmody J, Baer RA, L B Lykins E, Olendzki N. An empirical study of the mechanisms of mindfulness in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program. J Clin Psychol. 2009 Jun;65(6):613-26. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20579. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D064866 | Mindfulness |
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| D015928 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
| D001521 | Behavior Therapy |
| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |
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| Mindfulness Meditation | Behavioral |
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| 23275681 | Background | Johnson KJ, Waugh CE, Fredrickson BL. Smile to see the forest: Facially expressed positive emotions broaden cognition. Cogn Emot. 2010 Feb 19;24(2):299-321. doi: 10.1080/02699930903384667. |
| 16248714 | Background | Payne BK, Cheng CM, Govorun O, Stewart BD. An inkblot for attitudes: affect misattribution as implicit measurement. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2005 Sep;89(3):277-93. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.3.277. |