Mindfulness and Romantic Relationship Quality

NCT04177836 | Recruiting Phase 1 DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1R21AT010515-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 274
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The overarching aim of this proposal is to experimentally test whether a mindfulness intervention improves relationship quality. Romantic couples from the community will be randomly assigned to one of two arms: mindfulness vs. active control. Both interventions will be completed on a smart-phone for 14 days using identical intervention activities as our existing published research. After the 14-day period, couples will attend a lab visit and provide relationship quality data.

Conditions

The Focus of the Study is Romantic Relationship Quality

Keywords

Romantic relationship quality; Mindfulness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in Romantic Relationship Quality

  Assessed with well validated sel-report questionnaire, the Couples Satisfaction Index

  Before and after the 2 week intervention

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Changes in Sleep quality

  Before and after the 2 week intervention

• Changes in Depressive symptoms

  Before and after the 2 week intervention

• Changes in Blood pressure

  Before and after the 2 week intervention

• Changes in Life satisfaction

  Before and after the 2 week intervention

Study Arms (2)

MIndfulness

EXPERIMENTAL

This arm was developed to increase attention towards and acceptance of current experiences.

Behavioral: Mindfulness intervention

Active Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This arm is a relaxation-based active treatment comparison intervention, developed to parallel the structure of the mindfulness intervention without the attention towards or acceptance of present experiences.

Behavioral: Mindfulness intervention

Interventions

Mindfulness intervention BEHAVIORAL

Participants will either complete a mindfulness intervention or active control for 2 weeks on their smartphone

Active Control; MIndfulness

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Couples living together for at least 2 years
• Both partners must be fluent in English
• Both partners cannot already engage in regular systematic mind-body practice (\>2 times per week).
• Both partners must have daily access to an internet-enabled smartphone to complete the intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Delaware: lead
• Carnegie Mellon University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware, 19716, United States

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Marcia Ellis

CONTACT

302-831-4591; projectclosestaff@gmail.com

Lisa Jaremka, PhD

CONTACT

3028314810; projectclosestaff@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: The participant and the people interacting with participants will be blind to condition.
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: There are 2 arms to this intervention - mindfulness and active control.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 21, 2019
• First Posted: November 26, 2019
• Study Start: November 4, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2024
• Study Completion: June 30, 2024
• Last Updated: February 6, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)