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The effectiveness of guided narrative technique on improving COVID-19 related positive and negative emotions and cognition: a randomized controlled trial

The effectiveness of guided narrative technique on improving COVID-19 related positive and negative emotions and cognition: a randomized controlled trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2100042401
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-01-21
Start date
2021-01-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-04-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Negative emotions and cognition

Interventions

GNT- group:Guided Narrative Technique-Web
EW-group:Expressive Writing-Web
Active control group:Active Control
coping strategy group:coping strategy writing

Sponsors

Peking University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Subjects with comprehension and writing ability. 2. Subjects who can use the Internet. 3. Subjects who have experienced negative stress events (the open questions for negative life events cannot be empty). 4. Subjects with higher level of anxiety or depression in the baseline test (at least one subscale of hospital depression and anxiety scale is more than 7 points), or higher level of perceived stress (score of stress perception scale is more than 17 points), or symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (score of PTSD primary screening scale of dsm-5 is 3 points or above).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects with suicidal ideation (the screening question of Beck Suicide Scale was answered as "weak" or "moderate to strong").

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
depression and anxiety;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Perceived Stress;emotion;Traumatic exposure and Post-traumatic stress disorder;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYinyin Zang

School of psychology and cognitive science, Peking University

yinyin.zang@pku.edu.cn+86 15553201610

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026