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| Name | Class |
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| University of Roma La Sapienza | OTHER |
| King's College London | OTHER |
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The present study investigates the efficacy of a brief and cost-effective video-intervention that combines bottom-up elements of deep breathing and third-wave cognitive behavioral therapy techniques (i.e., mindfulness and compassion) on coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Experimental | The intervention group will receive a Deep Breathing Training and a Compassion Intervention. Deep Breathing Training and Compassion Intervention will be administered once, on two consecutive days, and will last for 30 minutes. |
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| Wait-list control group | No Intervention | The waiting list group will receive the intervention at the end of the study. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Deep Breathing training | Other | The intervention will comprise a psychoeducational part on the theorethical background underlying this technique and a pratical session in which partecipant will be instructed to inhale air with his/her nose and exhale with his/her mouth for a period of 3 seconds of inhalation and 7 seconds of exhalation (i.e., 6 cycles of breaths per minute;). During the session, the participant will be encouraged to put one hand over his/her chest and the other over the abdomen in order to see the difference between normal breathing and deep breathing. To help the subjects in the training, an online pacer will give the rhythm of respiration and will be used as visual feedback. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Dispositional questionnaire 1 | Perseverative cognition measured as frequency score. Minimum score = 0 Maximum score = 28. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. | During waking hours for two consecutive days before the intervention/control condition |
| Dispositional questionnaire 1 | Perseverative cognition measured as frequency score. Minimum score = 0 Maximum score = 28. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. | During waking hours for two consecutive days after the intervention/control condition |
| Dispositional questionnaire 2 | Effective coping strategies measured as frequency score. Minimum score = 0 Maximum score = 28. Higher scores mean a better outcome. | During waking hours for two consecutive days after the intervention/control condition |
| Dispositional questionnaire 3 | Mood state measured as score on a Likert scale. Minimum score = 1 Maximum score = 5. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. | During waking hours for two consecutive days before the intervention/control condition |
| Dispositional questionnaire 3 | Mood state measured as score on a Likert scale. Minimum score = 1 Maximum score = 5. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. | During waking hours for two consecutive days after the intervention/control condition |
| Dispositional questionnaire 4 | Emotional state measured as score on a Likert scale. Minimum score = 1 Maximum score = 5. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. | During waking hours for two consecutive days before the intervention/control condition |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Heart rate | Heart rate (measured in beats per minute) recorded via a smartphone application | During waking hours for two consecutive days before the intervention/control condition |
| Heart rate | Heart rate (measured in beats per minute) recorded via a smartphone application |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Sapienza University of Rome | Rome | 00185 | Italy |
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| ID | Term |
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| D012919 | Social Behavior |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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wait-list control design
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| Compassion focused intervention | Other | The short compassion focused intervention will begin with a short psychoeducation on the evolved nature and difficulties of the human mind, such as tendencies for negativity bias, negative rumination, and self-criticism. Participants will then be offered insights into how humans can work with their 'tricky brains' using body-based and psychological-based practices aimed at increasing a grounding and soothing compassionate attitude towards ourselves and others. In particular, participants will be instructed to pratice a mindfulness technique designed to help them to become more aware of their present moment-to-moment and more compassionate towards their own emotions. They will then be guided to create an image conveying warmth and compassion to them. Lastly, participants will be guided to bring the image to mind and then write write a brief "self-compassionate letter" to themselves from that point of view. |
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| Dispositional questionnaire 4 | Emotional state measured as score on a Likert scale. Minimum score = 1 Maximum score = 5. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. | During waking hours for two consecutive days after the intervention/control condition |
| During waking hours for two consecutive days after the intervention/control condition |
| Cardiac vagal modulation | Root mean square of the successive differences (measured in ms) recorded via a smartphone application | During waking hours for two consecutive days before the intervention/control condition |
| Cardiac vagal modulation | Root mean square of the successive differences (measured in ms) recorded via a smartphone application | During waking hours for two consecutive days after the intervention/control condition |