Psychological Capital
Conditions
Keywords
psychological capital, education entertainment intervention, short, animated storytelling
Brief summary
This study will evaluate the effect of a short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital intervention on immediate and medium-term psychological capital and related constructs, gratitude and happiness. We will also measure voluntary engagement with the content of the short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital. In this 4-armed, parallel, randomized controlled trial, 10,000 adult, US participants will be randomly assigned to (1) a short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital followed by the psychological capital , gratitude and happiness surveys (2) the surveys only, (3) an attention placebo control video followed by the before mentioned surveys, and (4) an arm that is exposed to neither the video nor the surveys. Two weeks later, participants in all four arms will complete all of the surveys. The primary outcome is psychological capital (immediate and medium-term). Secondary outcomes are gratitude and happiness (immediate and medium-term) as well as voluntary engagement with the short, animated storytelling video content.
Interventions
OTHERshort, animated storytelling video (intervention video)
Participants in the Intervention Arm will view a short, animated storytelling video designed to promote psychological capital.
OTHERshort, animated storytelling attention placebo video
The Attention Placebo Control Arm will view an attention placebo control video, unrelated to the outcomes measured in this trial.
Sponsors
Stanford University
Heidelberg University
University Hospital Freiburg
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
All study investigators and researchers involved in the data analyses will remain blinded to the trial arm allocation for the entire study duration. Unblinding will not be required.
Intervention model description
This is a 4-armed, parallel, randomized controlled trial, conducted purely online
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 59 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Registration with the Prolific platform
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Immediate effect of the short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital | immediately after watching the video | The immediate effect of the short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital, as measured by the CPC-12R, the GQ-6 and the single-item validated happiness scale. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Medium-term effect of the short, animated storytelling intervention video on psychological capital | 2 weeks | The medium-term effect of the short, animated storytelling intervention video on psychological capital after two weeks. |
| Immediate effect of the short, animated storytellingintervention video on gratitude and happiness | immediately after watching the video | The effect of the short, animated storytellingintervention video on gratitude and happiness, both related to the construct of positive psychological capital |
| Medium-term effect of exposure to psychological capital and related psychological scales on these same outcomes | 2 weeks | The effect of exposure to psychological capital and related psychological scales on these same outcomes, measured two weeks later |
Contacts
Primary ContactMaya Adam, MD
Backup ContactAlexander Supady, MD, MPH
Outcome results
None listed