Effectiveness of a smartphone-based online-gratitude-training for the reduction of perseverative thinking in a universal preventive setting

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00011863

Enrollment

352

Registered

2017-03-10

Start date

2017-02-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Perseverative thinking: Worry /rumination F32.0

Interventions

Group 1: Group A: Access to the online-intervention "Get.On Gratitude", that comprises evidence-based techniques and exercises for the reduction of perseverative cognition. The online-intervention ent

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Internet Access - Smartphone

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Participation in another training program of GET.ON training online- Participation in a psychotherapeutic treatment - Being on a waiting list for psychotherapy - Suicidal risk (BDI item 9 > 1)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ; Ehring, T., Ulrike Zetsche, U., Weidacker, K., Wahl, K., Schönfeldd, S. & Ehlers, A. 2011) is measuring repetive perseverative thinking (before group admission, 6 weeks and 3 months after group admission). Primary test will be conducted after 6 weeks (t1).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
t0= before group admission, t1= 6 weeks after group admission t2= 3 months after group admission • Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS, Hautzinger & Bailer, 1993): measurement of depressive symptoms (t0, t1, t2). • GAD 7 (Löwe, Spitzer, Zipfel & Herzog, 2002): measurement of the severity of symptoms of generalized anxiety (t0, t1, t2). • Insomnia Severity Index (ISI, Bastien, Vallières, & Morin, 2001): Questionaire of sleeping problems (t0, t1, t2). • Brief Penn State Worry Questionaire (Berle, Starcevic, Moses, Hannan, Milicevic & Sammut, 2011): Questionaire of the degree of worry (t0, t1, t2). • Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC, Connor & Davidson, 2003): Measurement of resilience (t0, t1, t2). • Berliner Social Support Skalen (BSSS, Schwarzer & Schulz, 2000). Measurement of social support, need for social support and the quest for support (t0, t1, t2). • Zentralität-Skala (Z7-Skala; Huber, 2004): Measurement of the centrality of religiosity in personality, (t0, t1, t2). • The Gratitude Questionnaire-6. (McCullough, Emmons & Tsang, 2002). own adaption of the standart-instrument of measuring gratitude (t0, t1, t2). • Questionaire for the reasons of drop out (own development) (t1). • Questionaire of satisfaction with the training-program, own development based on the questionaire of: (ZUF 8, Schmidt, Lamprecht, Wittmann, 1989) and the Client Satisfaction Quest	—

Measure

Time frame

t0= before group admission, t1= 6 weeks after group admission t2= 3 months after group admission • Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS, Hautzinger & Bailer, 1993): measurement of depressive symptoms (t0, t1, t2). • GAD 7 (Löwe, Spitzer, Zipfel & Herzog, 2002): measurement of the severity of symptoms of generalized anxiety (t0, t1, t2). • Insomnia Severity Index (ISI, Bastien, Vallières, & Morin, 2001): Questionaire of sleeping problems (t0, t1, t2). • Brief Penn State Worry Questionaire (Berle, Starcevic, Moses, Hannan, Milicevic & Sammut, 2011): Questionaire of the degree of worry (t0, t1, t2). • Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC, Connor & Davidson, 2003): Measurement of resilience (t0, t1, t2). • Berliner Social Support Skalen (BSSS, Schwarzer & Schulz, 2000). Measurement of social support, need for social support and the quest for support (t0, t1, t2). • Zentralität-Skala (Z7-Skala; Huber, 2004): Measurement of the centrality of religiosity in personality, (t0, t1, t2). • The Gratitude Questionnaire-6. (McCullough, Emmons & Tsang, 2002). own adaption of the standart-instrument of measuring gratitude (t0, t1, t2). • Questionaire for the reasons of drop out (own development) (t1). • Questionaire of satisfaction with the training-program, own development based on the questionaire of: (ZUF 8, Schmidt, Lamprecht, Wittmann, 1989) and the Client Satisfaction Quest

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactHanne Heckendorf

Leuphana Universität LüneburgProfessur für Gesundheitspsychologie und Angewandte Biologische Psychologie Institut für Psychologie

heckendorf@leuphana.de04131-677-2721

Outcome results

None listed

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