A Positive Activity Intervention to Promote Wellbeing in Romanian Immigrants

NCT02493439 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: UJaumeI013
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to test the efficacy of an intervention focused on promoting positive emotions (Best Possible Self - BPS) to improve the psychological wellbeing of Romanian immigrants living in Spain. It is hypothesized that the BPS intervention will significantly improve a series of positive mental health outcomes, i.e., optimism, future expectancies, and affect, compared to the Control group.

Conditions

Immigrants

Keywords

Best Possible Self; Positive Psychology; Romanian Immigrants; Optimism; Future Thinking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Subjective Probability Task

  This scale measures positive and negative expectancies about future events. It consists of 20 statements referring to negative expectancies and 10 statements referring to positive expectancies. Participants answer on a 7-point scale (Not at all likely to occur - Extremely likely to occur). Some studies have found an appropriate levels of internal consistency for positive and negative expectancies (α=0.80-0.82 and 0.91, respectively)

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Positive and Negative Affect Scale

  1 month

• Beck Depression Inventory II

  1 month

• Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale

  1 month

• Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale

  1 month

• Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale

  1 month

Other Outcomes (3)

• Self Concordance Motivation

  baseline

• Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Discrimination

  baseline

• Social Support

  baseline

Study Arms (2)

Best Possible Self

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants are asked to write and imagine about a future in which they have reached all their goals in four different domains: personal, professional, social and health. The participants are instructed to practice the BPS intervention for a month, 5 minutes/day.

Behavioral: Best Possible Self

Daily Activities

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants are asked to think and write about the activities carried out in the last 24 hours. The participants are instructed to practice the Daily Activities exercise for a month, 5 minutes/day.

Behavioral: Daily Activities

Interventions

Best Possible Self BEHAVIORAL

Best Possible Self

Daily Activities BEHAVIORAL

Daily Activities

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Romanian immigrant in Spain
• Sign a consent form stating their willingness to participate

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of severe physical illness
• Presence of severe psychological disorder
• Be currently involved in another psychological treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universitat Jaume I: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Jaume I

Castellon, Castellón, 12071, Spain

RECRUITING

Related Publications (7)

• 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.

  PMID: 21450262 BACKGROUND

• Peters ML, Flink IK, Boersma K, Linton SJ. Manipulating optimism: can imagining a best possible self be used to increase positive future expectancies? Journal of Positive Psychology 5: 204-211, 2010.

  BACKGROUND

• MacLeod, Byrne, & Valentine (1996). Affect, emotional disorder, and future-directed thinking. Cognition & Emotion 10: 69-86.

  BACKGROUND

• Molero, F., Recio, P., García-Ael, C., Fuster, M. J., & Sanjuán, P. (2013). Measuring dimensions of perceived discrimination in five stigmatized groups. Social indicators research, 114(3), 901-914.

  BACKGROUND

• Gonzalez-Castro JL, Ubillos S. Determinants of psychological distress among migrants from Ecuador and Romania in a Spanish city. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;57(1):30-44. doi: 10.1177/0020764009347336.

  PMID: 21252354 BACKGROUND

• Renner F, Schwarz P, Peters ML, Huibers MJ. Effects of a best-possible-self mental imagery exercise on mood and dysfunctional attitudes. Psychiatry Res. 2014 Jan 30;215(1):105-10. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.033. Epub 2013 Nov 1.

  PMID: 24252218 BACKGROUND

• Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). 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.

  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Activities of Daily Living

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Azucena García-Palacios, PhD

  Universitat Jaume I

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Cristina Botella, PhD

CONTACT

+34 964 38 76 39; botella@uji.es

Andreea M Dragomir-Davis, MA

CONTACT

+34 964 38 76 49; andreea@uji.es

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2015
• First Posted: July 9, 2015
• Study Start: May 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2015
• Study Completion: November 1, 2015
• Last Updated: July 15, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-07

Locations

ES (1)