The Resilience Challenge: Fostering Emotional Resilience During a Time of National Stress

NCT06597032 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: STU00222090
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 11,659
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effects of an online positive psychological intervention on positive emotion, anxiety, depression, feelings of social isolation, sleep disturbance and a sense of meaning and purpose in the general public. The main question it aims to answer is: Will the practice of positive emotion skills via a self-guided online platform reduce feelings of anxiety, depression, social isolation, and sleep disturbance, as well as increase well-being, positive emotion, a sense of meaning and purpose, life satisfaction, and general self-efficacy? Participants will take part in an online positive psychological skill learning intervention for 6-8 weeks. Prior to beginning, immediately after, and 4 weeks after, participants will fill out measures of their wellbeing.

Conditions

Stress; Positive Affect

Keywords

Positive Affect; Resilience Challenge; Positive Psychology; Stress

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• PROMIS Positive Affect CAT

  At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• PROMIS Depression CAT

  At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later

• PROMIS Anxiety CAT

  At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later

• PROMIS Meaning and Purpose CAT

  At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later

• PROMIS Social Isolation CAT

  At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later

• PROMIS Sleep Disturbance CAT

  At baseline, after completion of 6-8 week intervention, and 4 weeks later

Study Arms (1)

Resilience Challenge

EXPERIMENTAL

The Resilience Challenge Study is an online program containing a series of positive emotion skills for individuals experiencing stress and distress during their everyday life. The online program specifically targets positive emotion and offers an array of skills in a self-guided online delivery platform. Participants will, over the course of 6-8 weeks, access weekly skill lessons, daily homework, and daily emotion reporting. The skill lessons will include: positive events, savoring, gratitude, everyday mindfulness, mindfulness meditation, positive reappraisal, self-compassion, personal strengths, and attainable goals.

Behavioral: Resilience Challenge

Interventions

Resilience Challenge BEHAVIORAL

We previously have tested this online program in people facing health- and work-related stressors (e.g., dementia caregivers, healthcare workers), and in 2020 we enrolled adults in a test of the online program to support coping with the stress of the COVID pandemic. This intervention has been tailored for a widespread, public audience (e.g., we have added a few other safety measures including limits on public forum posting and have clarified wording on some of the intervention content to make it clearer and easier to understand).

Resilience Challenge

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Over 18 years old, Access to device connected to the internet

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18 years old

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northwestern University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, 06011, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Judith T Moskowitz

  Northwestern University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Medical Social Sciences

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 11, 2024
• First Posted: September 19, 2024
• Study Start: September 27, 2024
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2025
• Study Completion: April 1, 2025
• Last Updated: May 7, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Locations

US (1)