A Five-Day Contagious Laughter Intervention for Adult Well-being

A Pilot Randomized Trial: Effectiveness of a Five-day Online Audio-visual Contagious Laughter Intervention to Enhance Well-being in Adults

The goal of this pilot trial is to determine the effectiveness of a five day contagious laughter intervention on adult well-being. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does exposure to a five-day online contagious laughter intervention improve subjective well-being in adults compared to waitlist controls? Does exposure to a five-day online contagious laughter intervention improve subjective mood status in adults compared to waitlist controls?

Participants in the intervention group will:

View a one-minute contagious laughter video each day for five days Complete the WHO5 Wellbeing index pre and post intervention Rate their mood status before and after each laughter video on each day of the intervention After viewing each video, rate how much they laughter along with the video on each day of the intervention

Participants in the waitlist control group will:

Complete the WHO5 wellbeing index at baseline and again after six days

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female
• Resident of the United Arab Emirates
• Fluent in English and/or Arabic
• Access to a stable internet connection
• Access to a smartphone and/or laptop/tablet

Exclusion criteria:

• Children (<18 years old)
• Adults above 60 years old
• Those with cognitive and/or physical disabilities
• Those with hearing and/or vision impairment
• Illiterate, and/or individuals who did not (or were unable to) provide consent.