The Effect of Gratitude on Wellbeing in Adolescence

Evaluation of a gratitude intervention on adolescent sleep onset latency and wellbeing.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12621001258842

Acronym

Not applicable

Enrollment

263

Registered

2021-09-16

Start date

2021-08-02

Completion date

2021-09-07

Last updated

2021-09-20

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Adolescent sleep health is, or lack of, is slowly becoming more recognised as a widespread health issue. Many adolescents are not achieving the recommended sleep time of at least 8 hours each night. This study will therefore look at the potential for a brief gratitude intervention to reduce sleep onset latency in adolescents through reducing negative pre-sleep arousal.

Interventions

Gratitude Intervention Participants will be asked to spend 15 minutes each weekday evening (mon-fri) writing about a positive event for which they are grateful for two weeks.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

14 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

High school students in South Australian schools in years 10 through 12.

Exclusion criteria

None.

Outcome results