Consideration of primary prevention factors of relationship quality
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: After a 10-minute negative mood induction, consisting of sad music and autobiographical recall of a negative experience, it follows a 15-minute dyadic compassion meditation with the partner a
Sponsors
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie im Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Couples • At least 18 years old • capable of giving consent • relationship duration at least 0.5 years • willing to participate in a laboratory study including questionnaires and ECG assessment • informed consent is signed • German language skills to answer questionnaires and to follow the instructions
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Chronic, serious physical disease (especially cardiovascular diseases) • Current serious diagnosed psychological disorder • Pregnancy • Heavy smoking (>20 cigarettes/ day)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Social closeness is the primary criterion of this study. The construct is assessed via the Inclusion of the Other in the Self-Scale as a pictorial 1-Item scale (Aron, Aron, & Smollan, 1992; Gächter, Starmer, & Tufano, 2015). Participants choose from non-overlapping to more and more overlapping circles that figure that mirrors their current feeling of social closeness best. The IOS-Scale correlates highly with other scales for assessing closeness in relationships and was regarded as a meaningful as well as reliable psychological measure. The scale is given to participants before the negative mood induction (t1) to assess the baseline value, after the negative mood induction (t2) and after the meditation (t3) in order to assess changes in the current feeling of social closeness. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Affect: The changes in affect are assessed via visual analogue scales and six emotion-describing adjectives (happy, calm, loving, angry, anxious, unhappy) at (t1), (t2), (t3). Compassion: Changes in compassion are assessed via a visual analogue scale (compassionate) at (t1), (t2), (t3). Heart-Rate-Variability: To investigate changes in HRV during Baseline (t1), during the negative mood induction (t2) and during meditation (t3) the heart rate is assessed via a single channel ECG gadget with a sampling rate of 1000Hz. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactLeonie Schültke
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie im Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Outcome results
None listed