The Focus of the Study is Romantic Relationship Quality
Conditions
Keywords
Romantic relationship quality, Mindfulness
Brief summary
The overarching aim of this proposal is to experimentally test whether a mindfulness intervention improves relationship quality. Romantic couples from the community will be randomly assigned to one of two arms: mindfulness vs. active control. Both interventions will be completed on a smart-phone for 14 days using identical intervention activities as our existing published research. After the 14-day period, couples will attend a lab visit and provide relationship quality data.
Detailed description
Romantic couples from the community will be randomly assigned to one of two arms: mindfulness vs. active control. Thus, both partners will either complete the mindfulness intervention (developed to increase attention towards and acceptance of current experiences) or a relaxation-based active treatment comparison intervention (developed to parallel the structure of the mindfulness intervention without the attention towards or acceptance of present experiences). Both interventions will be completed on a smart-phone for 14 days using identical intervention activities as our existing published research, which demonstrated that the mindfulness intervention reduced stress reactivity and improved daily well-being. After the 14-day period, couples will attend a lab visit and provide multi-method relationship quality data.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindfulness intervention
Participants will either complete a mindfulness intervention or active control for 2 weeks on their smartphone
Sponsors
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Delaware
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
The participant and the people interacting with participants will be blind to condition.
Intervention model description
There are 2 arms to this intervention - mindfulness and active control.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Couples living together for at least 2 years * Both partners must be fluent in English * Both partners cannot already engage in regular systematic mind-body practice (\>2 times per week). * Both partners must have daily access to an internet-enabled smartphone to complete the intervention
Exclusion criteria
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Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in Romantic Relationship Quality | Before and after the 2 week intervention | Assessed with well validated sel-report questionnaire, the Couples Satisfaction Index |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in Sleep quality | Before and after the 2 week intervention | Assessed with well validated measure, the PROMIS sleep disturbance questionnaire |
| Changes in Depressive symptoms | Before and after the 2 week intervention | Assessed with well validated measure, the PROMIS depressive symptoms questionnire |
| Changes in Blood pressure | Before and after the 2 week intervention | Assessed with well validated measure, physiological assessment via a blood pressure machine |
| Changes in Life satisfaction | Before and after the 2 week intervention | Assessed with well validated measure, the Life Satisfaction Scale |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactMarcia Ellis
Backup ContactLisa Jaremka, PhD
Outcome results
None listed