Effects of Repeated Attachment Security Priming on Depressed Mood: a Clinical Study

NCT01694030 | Unknown Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: University of Southampton: LO6
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore whether asking participants to visualise a secure attachment figure or a neutral event leads to differences in self-reported felt security or depressed mood. Furthermore, the investigators aim to explore whether it is possible to keep a secure prime activated over 3 days via text message visualisation tasks.

Conditions

Unipolar Depression

Keywords

Attachment security priming; depressed mood

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Depressed Mood 1

  Depressed mood will be measured using the depression and anxiety items from the Profile of Mood States (POMS: McNair, Lorr, \& Droppleman, 1992), which equates to 24 items out of the original 65 on the POMS. Respondents use a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=Not at all, 4=Extremely) to rate the extent to which they have experienced various mood states over the past week. This questionnaire takes 5 minutes to complete.

  Depressed mood will be measured on day 7 of the study (immediately after lab primes)

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Felt Security 1

  Felt security will be measured on day 7 of the study (after initial lab primes)

• Depressed Mood 2

  Depressed mood will be measured on day 7 of the study (after 3 days of text primes)

• Depressed Mood 3

  Depressed mood will be measured on day 11 of the study (24 hours after the last text prime).

• Felt Security 2

  Felt security will be measured on day 10 of the study (after 3 days of text primes)

• Felt Security 3

  Felt security will be measured on day 11 of the study (24 hours after last text prime)

Study Arms (2)

Neutral Condition

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the neutral (control) condition of the attachment security priming experiment will be asked to spend time visualising neutral events (e.g., supermarket shopping)for 3-10 minutes at a time.

Other: Attachment security priming

Secure condition

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the attachment security priming condition will be asked to complete visualisation tasks where they think about a secure attachment figure for between 3 - 10 minutes.

Other: Attachment security priming

Interventions

Attachment security priming OTHER

Neutral Condition; Secure condition

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Anxiety and depressive symptoms

You may not qualify if:

• Bipolar disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southampton: lead

Study Sites (1)

College Keep

Southampton, Hants, SO14 3DT, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depressive Disorder; Consciousness Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mood Disorders; Mental Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neurocognitive Disorders

Study Officials

• Professor Baldwin

  University of Southampton

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Lorna Otway

CONTACT

447764985326; Lorna.Otway@soton.ac.uk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 17, 2012
• First Posted: September 26, 2012
• Study Start: November 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: September 26, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-09

Locations

GB (1)