Effects of a new developed gratitude intervention program on work engagement among Japanese workers: A pretest-posttest study

Effects of a new developed gratitude intervention program on work engagement among Japanese workers: A pretest-posttest study - Effects of a new developed gratitude intervention program on work engagement among Japanese workers: A pretest-posttest study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000031398

Enrollment

Registered

2018-02-23

Start date

2018-02-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

None

Interventions

A program composed of workshop and sending work related gratitude e-mails three days a week (on Monday, Wednesday and Friday) for three weeks. Participants will be given a gratitude dairy which shows

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: employees

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Work Engagement measured by Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) at pre-intervention, post-intervention (3-week after), and 9-week follow-up.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Gratitude feeling measured by gratitude questionnaire. Work related happiness measured by Workplace PERMA-Profiler. Self-efficacy measured by generalized efficacy scale. Job and life satisfaction, social capital, supervisor / coworkers support measured by the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire Work performance measured by WHO Health and Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) Non-specific psychological distress measured by K6.	—

Measure

Time frame

Gratitude feeling measured by gratitude questionnaire. Work related happiness measured by Workplace PERMA-Profiler. Self-efficacy measured by generalized efficacy scale. Job and life satisfaction, social capital, supervisor / coworkers support measured by the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire Work performance measured by WHO Health and Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) Non-specific psychological distress measured by K6.

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYu Komase

Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Psychiatric Nursing

kmsy-tky@umin.ac.jp03-5841-3522

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026