Mindfulness and Psychological Inflexibility

NCT05487872 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: BAU/EK-2022/02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aimed to examine whether mindfulness skills training can help to reduce experiential avoidance and anxiety level. This study investigated whether the training delivery methods (audio-guided mindfulness exercise or virtual reality-based mindfulness exercise) differ in terms of changing general experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms.

Conditions

Mindfulness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in experiential avoidance

  Experiential avoidance is an example of psychological inflexibility. Experiential avoidance was measured via Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II. The scale includes 7 items that are rated on a seven-point scale (1 = never true - 7 = always true). The minimum and maximum scores on the scale range between 7 and 49 points. Higher scores on the scale indicate greater experiential avoidance (psychological inflexibility)

  at two time points (pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in anxiety

  at two time points (pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention)

Study Arms (2)

Audio-guided mindfulness skills training

OTHER

Participants in this group listened to a 15 mins audio track to practice mindfulness exercises

Behavioral: Mindfulness skills training to reduce experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms

Virtual reality (VR) -based mindfulness skills training

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this group completed mindfulness exercises on the VR system. The system included the same 15 mins audio track and additionally a video that displayed a 360° spherical landscape view of the sea in the afternoon

Behavioral: Mindfulness skills training to reduce experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms

Interventions

Mindfulness skills training to reduce experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms BEHAVIORAL

The intervention aimed to increase participants' mindfulness skills which may be critical in decreasing general experiential avoidance and anxiety symptoms

Audio-guided mindfulness skills training; Virtual reality (VR) -based mindfulness skills training

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• age of 18 and above,
• ability to read, and/or understand English

You may not qualify if:

• Participants who regularly practice mindfulness exercise were excluded form the analyses

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bahcesehir Cyprus University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Bahçeşehir Cyprus University

Nicosia, Cyprus

Location

Study Officials

• Buse Keskindag

  Bahcesehir Cyprus University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2022
• First Posted: August 4, 2022
• Study Start: May 2, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 24, 2022
• Study Completion: June 24, 2022
• Last Updated: August 4, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CY (1)