Catastrophizing Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Conditions
Keywords
Coronavirus-related Catastrophizing
Brief summary
Both mindfulness meditation and expectancy effects are known to reduce anxiety, stress and catastrophizing, but it is unknown whether and how expectancy effects contribute to the overall effect of mindfulness meditation on these outcomes, especially during significant global events such as the coronavirus pandemic. This study includes four interrelated aims that will probe these effects and interactions.
Interventions
Participants will complete a single session of 20-minutes online guided audio-delivered training session of one of the four conditions.
Sponsors
University of Sydney
University of California, San Diego
The University of Queensland
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
4 x (2) mixed design, with training (mindfulness vs specific sham mindfulness vs general sham mindfulness vs book listening control, between subjects) and time (pre-treatment vs post-treatment, within-subjects) as factors.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* At least 18 years of age * Able to read and understand English
Exclusion criteria
* Recurrent pain (two or more days in the last month) * Chronic pain (pain most days in the last three months) * Incomplete or invalid data (response time \< 32 minutes, failing attention checks) * Completing the 20-minute training module in \< 18 minutes or \> 90 minutes
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Coronavirus-related catastrophizing | 40 minutes | assessed via a covid-19-related catastrophizing scale (CCS; 0=no catastrophizing, 52=highest catastrophizing, 30+=clinically significant catastrophizing) |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mindful non-reactivity | 40 minutes | assessed via the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Non-reacting subscale (FFMQ-NR; 1=lowest non-reactivity, 5=highest non-reactivity) |
| State Mindfulness | 40 minutes | assessed via the State Mindfulness Survey (SMS; 1=lowest mindfulness, 21=highest mindfulness) |
| Mindful observing | 40 minutes | assessed via the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Observing subscale (FFMQ-O; 1=lowest observing, 5=highest observing) |
| Expectancy | 40 minutes | assessed via self-report questions (0=lowest expectancy, 10=highest expectancy) |
| Reappraisal | 40 minutes | assessed via the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-R; 4=lowest reappraisal, 20=highest reappraisal) |
| State Decentering | 40 minutes | assessed via the Metacognitive Processes of Decentering - State (MpoD-s; 0=lowest decentering, 3=highest decentering) |
Countries
Australia
Outcome results
None listed