Effectiveness and feasibility of a humor training to promote humor and decrease stress in a subclinical sample: an uncontrolled study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00013480

Enrollment

Registered

2017-11-28

Start date

2017-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Group 1: Seven-weeks humor training. The training consists of seven sessions once a week which last 90 minutes. In between the sessions participants have to do homework.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: subclinical symptoms of depressiveness, anxiety or exhaustion F 33.4 WITHOUT current depressive episode

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: every current mental disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Coping humor scale (CHS) - measures humor as a coping mechanism --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) - measures perceived stress --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
State-Trait-Cheerfulness Inventory (STCI) - measures the amount of cheerfulness --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R) - measures depressiveness --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI) - measures anxiety --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) Well-being questionnaire (WHO-5) - measures well-being --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) Gelotophobia questionnaire (Geloph-15) - measures the fear of being laughed at by others --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)	—

Measure

Time frame

State-Trait-Cheerfulness Inventory (STCI) - measures the amount of cheerfulness --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R) - measures depressiveness --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI) - measures anxiety --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) Well-being questionnaire (WHO-5) - measures well-being --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month) Gelotophobia questionnaire (Geloph-15) - measures the fear of being laughed at by others --> Pre, post and follow-up (1 month)

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Countries

Austria

Contacts

Public ContactNektaria Tagalidou

Universität Salzburg

nektaria.tagalidou@sbg.ac.at004366280445102

Outcome results