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| Name | Class |
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| University of Twente | OTHER |
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The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of several variations of an already validated Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) called Best Possible Self in not flourishing population. This will be done through a mobile app specially designed for this aim.
Concretely, the design will permit to compare the classic intervention (BPS Future), a new variation (BPS Past), and a combination of both components (BPS Past+Future).
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of 3 conditions, in which they will practice the intervention for two weeks:
The design will permit two comparisons:
After the first week of the intervention, participants will answer the assessment. It will permit to compare BPS PAST, BPS FUTURE and CONTROL conditions (pre-post).
After the second week, participants will answer the assessment and then it will be possible to compare BPS PAST + BPS FUTURE combination, BPS FUTURE, and CONTROL conditions.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| BPS PAST + BPS FUT | Experimental | Participants practice BPS PAST the first week, then they switch fot BPS FUT. |
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| BPS FUT | Experimental | Participants practice BPS FUT during the two weeks. |
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| CONTROL | Active Comparator | Participants practice DAILY ACTIVITIES for the two weeks. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| BPS PAST | Behavioral | Participants think about themselves in a past when they displayed their best self. Then, they visualize this with the help of audio instructions. They will practice within a mobile app. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change of Positive and Negative Affect from baseline to post-intervention | Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988) | Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Wellbeing | The Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF; Keyes, 2009) | Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks) |
| Optimism | Life Orientation Test (LOT-R; Scheier, Carver & Bridges, 1994). |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Rosa Baños, PhD | University of Valencia | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Twente | Enschede | Overijssel | 7522 | Netherlands | ||
| University of Valencia |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 21450262 | Background | Meevissen YM, Peters ML, Alberts HJ. Become more optimistic by imagining a best possible self: effects of a two week intervention. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2011 Sep;42(3):371-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.02.012. Epub 2011 Mar 2. | |
| Background | King L. The Health Benefits of Writing About Life Goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 27(7): 798-807, 2001. | ||
| Background | Sheldon KM, Lyubomirsky S. How to increase and sustain positive emotion: The effects of expressing gratitude and visualizing best possible selves. The Journal of Positive Psychology 1(2): 73-82, 2006. | ||
| Background | Peters ML, Flink IK, Boersma K, Linton SJ. Manipulating optimism: Can imagining a best possible self be used to increase positive future expectancies? The Journal of Positive Psychology 5(3): 204-211, 2010. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000203 | Activities of Daily Living |
| ID | Term |
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| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| D000359 | Aftercare |
| D003266 | Continuity of Patient Care |
| D005791 | Patient Care |
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| BPS FUT | Behavioral | Participants think about themselves in the future after everything has gone as well as it possibly could. Then, they visualize this with the help of audio instructions. They will practice within a mobile app. |
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| DAILY ACTIVITIES | Behavioral | Participants think about the activities they did during the last 24 hours. Then, they visualize this with the help of audio instructions. They will practice within a mobile app. |
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| Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks) |
| Satisfaction with life | Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS; Pavot, Diener & Suh, 1998). | Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks) |
| Self-efficacy | New General Self-efficacy Scale (NGSES; Chen, Gully & Eden, 2001). | Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks) |
| Valencia |
| 46010 |
| Spain |
| D013812 |
| Therapeutics |
| D006296 | Health Services |
| D005159 | Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services |