A Training Program for Developing Social- and Personal Resources

NCT04165473 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: EK1592/2019
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 223
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this study, a new psychosocial training for social relationships for adults will be evaluated. In a 6-module course, with four 3-day modules and two 5-day modules in the timeframe of one year, participants learn ways to strengthen their personal resources to establish effective social relationships and to develop skills as a social being. In between the module courses, the participants take 5 single sessions with an instructed trainer and document 10 conversations/social situations where they successfully apply the acquired personal and social skills. For my study, I will recruit a total of 200 persons. Approx. one hundred participants for the intervention group and 100 individuals for the control group. During the course of the training, the participants are taught social and personal skills that should result in a lower perceived stress level in daily life, improved health behaviour, a decreased presence of common somatic symptoms, a higher satisfaction with their lives, improved quality of their social relationships and a higher wellbeing. Data from study participants having accomplished additional training programs with the same training provider will be used to evaluate the influence on the results compared to participants without the extra addition for this study. The training participants will be assessed together with the controls. All study participants will be evaluated with standardized online questionnaires.

Conditions

Stress, Psychological; Stress, Emotional; Health Behavior; Satisfaction, Personal; Somatic Symptom; Psychophysiology; Family Relations; Program Evaluation

Keywords

Training Program; Personal Resources; Social Resources; Adults; Emotional Wellbeing; Physical Wellbeing; Social Wellbeing; Perceived Stress; Satisfaction with Life; Health Behavior; Quality of Relationships; Somatic Symptoms; Sense of Coherence; Life Goals; Meaning in Life; Transcendence; Evaluation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Perceived Stress Level

  "Perceived Stress Scale" score (PSS) difference between Intervention and Control Group, score range 0-40 where a lower score means less perceived stress

  Assessed on Day 1

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Health behavior

  Assessed on Day 1

• Presence of common somatic symptoms

  Assessed on Day 1

• Wellbeing

  Assessed on Day 1

• Quality of Relationships

  Assessed on Day 1

• Satisfaction with Life

  Assessed on Day 1

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

Study participants having finished the following course in the past will be assigned to the intervention group: During a 6-module course, with four 3-day modules and two 5-day modules in the timeframe of one year, participants learn ways to strengthen their personal resources to establish effective social relationships and to develop skills as a social being. In between the module courses, the participants take 5 single sessions with an instructed trainer and document 10 conversations/social situations where they successfully applied the new skills.

Behavioral: Training Program for Developing Social- and Personal Resources

Control Group

Individuals without intervention

Interventions

Training Program for Developing Social- and Personal Resources BEHAVIORAL

The training-method shows how one's own resonance can be exposed in order to live the balance between one's own needs and those of others. Living one's own resonance means: more quality of life, work-life balance, holistic health through living feelings and talents, live equal, respectful and loving relationships, more personal responsibility, authentic decision making find new role models in private and professional areas. The teaching and learning methods of the trainings and seminars are implemented according to the latest state of brain research and enable new perspectives with regard to new learning strategies, goals, enthusiasm and motivation. With the Kutschera-Resonanz® method we teach and learn to consciously use this unconscious reservoir so that completely new dimensions in thinking and acting open up. In this training program the basic tools of communication and interaction according to the Kutschera-Resonanz® method are taught and experienced by the participants.

Also known as: Kutschera-Resonance-Practitioner

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Individuals from the general population with the intervention group having finished the "Resonanz Practitioner" training at Institut Kutschera.

You may qualify if:

• male, female, other
• fluently German speaking
• between 18-70 years of age
• given informed consent
• Intervention Arm:
• \- having completed the "Resonanz Practitioner" training

You may not qualify if:

• \- taking too long or too little time to finish the questionnaire (\> 3 standard deviations)
• wrong answer on the control question
• where no time stamp available, check for suspicious patterns and drop-out if they are present

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medical University of Vienna: lead

Study Sites (1)

Medical Universtiy of Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress, Psychological; Health Behavior; Personal Satisfaction; Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Christoph Janka, DI

  Medical Universtiy of Vienna

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 8, 2019
• First Posted: November 18, 2019
• Study Start: March 25, 2023
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2023
• Study Completion: December 1, 2024
• Last Updated: March 26, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

AU (1)