Yale Wellness Project

NCT03229577 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2000020302
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Yale College Emotional Intelligence project aims to highlight the beneficial impact of wellness programs for Yale students. The investigators will examine the benefits of 3 empirically-validated programs (Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) \& SKY Yoga Breathing) for Yale students on measures of general well-being (e.g. perceived stress, gratitude etc). The study will also include a no-treatment control group as a comparative measure to the well-being programs. The goal of the study is to show how each program benefits student well-being over time. Pre-intervention and post-intervention data will be collected. The hypothesis is that all 3 workshops will decrease stress and improve well-being and that the manner in which each workshop will do so may be different (e.g. MBSR will benefit student well-being by increasing mindfulness and self-compassion whereas Emotional Intelligence may benefit student well-being by improving cognitive emotion regulation). Given the current state of mental health challenges and stress on college campuses, the goal of this randomized-controlled trial is to strengthen the literature on wellness programs for students and to show that student well-being can significantly increase through effective interventions.

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire Short Form

  The MASQ-Short contains 30 questions with three subscales that measure: general distress, depressive symptoms, and anxious symptoms. All individual items are rated on a scale 1 to 5, where 1 indicates the individual has not felt this way at all during the past week and 5 indicates that they have felt this way extremely. The total possible score for the scale is 150 and the minimum is 30. The three sub scales are totaled together to create the total score (each contains 10 questions). The minimum and maximum scores for the subscales are 10 and 50 respectively.

  11 Weeks

• Perceived Stress Scale

  The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., and Mermelstein, R., 1983) measures the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. Respondents report how frequently they feel stress or have difficulty coping with life stresses. Items include questions that ask about the frequency of negative experiences, e.g., "In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?" and positive experiences, e.g., "In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way?" Responses range from 0=never to 4=very often. The minimum and maximum scores are 0 and 40 respectively.

  11 Weeks

• Emotional Intelligence Perception Skill Test

  Assesses participant ability to perceive emotions accurately

  11 weeks

• Satisfaction with Life Scale

  The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS; Diener, Emmons, Larsen, \& Griffin, 1985) will be used to test participants satisfaction with their lives. This scale is 5-items and is rated on a 7 point scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Examples of items include, "The conditions of my life are excellent" and " If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing". The minimum and maximum total scores are 5 and 35 respectively.

  11 Weeks

• Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire

  Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire - 15-item, (FFMQ-15; Baer et al., 2008) is a 15 item measure of mindfulness that participants rate on a scale from 1 - 5 depending on how much they agree with the statement. Low scores indicate low mindfulness and high scores indicate high levels of mindfulness. Minimum and maximum scores are 15 and 75 respectively.

  11 Weeks

• Ryff Scales for Psychological Wellbeing

  Psychological Well-Being Scale-18 (Ryff, 2008) is an 18-item form to assess psychological wellbeing. Items are rated on a 7-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Low scores indicate poor psychological wellbeing while high scores indicate healthy psychological wellbeing. Total scores range from 18 to 126.

  11 Weeks

• Burnout

  The Single-item Measure of Burnout (Rohland, Kruse, \& Rohrer, 2004) will be used to measure student burnout. This measure only contains one item: "Overall, based on your definition of burnout, how would you rate your level of burnout?" Participants are asked to choose one answer ranging from 1 (I enjoy my work. I have no symptoms of burnout) to 5 (I feel completely burned out and often wonder if I can go on. I am at the point where I may need some changes or may need to seek some sort of help).

  11 Weeks

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Gratitude Scale

  11 Weeks

• Self-compassion Scale

  11 Weeks

• Life Orientation Scale

  11 Weeks

• Brief COPE Scale

  11 Weeks

• Creativity Performance Questions

  11 Weeks

Study Arms (4)

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

EXPERIMENTAL

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga workshop is a nationally-recognized program focused on teaching yoga-based breathing techniques.

Behavioral: Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a nationally-recognized program focused on teaching mindfulness techniques.

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Emotional Intelligence

EXPERIMENTAL

Emotional Intelligence is a program developed for university students that focuses on teaching the skills of emotional intelligence such as labeling, understanding, and regulating emotions.

Behavioral: Emotional Intelligence

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will receive no intervention.

Interventions

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga BEHAVIORAL

Yoga-based breathing program.

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness program.

Also known as: MBSR

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Emotional Intelligence BEHAVIORAL

Emotional Intelligence program.

Also known as: EI

Emotional Intelligence

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Yale student.

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18 years old.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yale University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mindfulness; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Marc Brackett, Ph.D.

  Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Leilah Harouni, B.S.

  Postgraduate Research Associate, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 20, 2017
• First Posted: July 25, 2017
• Study Start: January 15, 2019
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2019
• Study Completion: November 30, 2019
• Last Updated: March 13, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)