Well-being, depression, anxiety
Conditions
Interventions
We will carry out a two-arm RCT with people (recruited from the general population in the Netherlands) randomly assigned to (1) self-compassion based self-help intervention, and (2) waitlist control g
Sponsors
University of Twente
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age 18 years or older - Experiencing a low to moderate level of well-being, as determined by the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) (“languishers” or “moderately mentally healthy”) - Access to a computer or tablet/iPad and a good Internet connection - Possessing an e-mail address - Sufficient proficiency of the Dutch language - Able and willing to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Experiencing a high level of well-being ("flourishers"), as determined by the MHC-SF - Moderate to severe depression and/or anxiety, as determined by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (score > 11 on HADS-A and/or HADS-D)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Well-being, measured with the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF), timepoints: baseline, 3/6/12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes: - Stress, measured with the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), timepoints: baseline, 3/6/12 months - Depression, measured with the HADS-D, timepoints: baseline, 3/6/12 months - Anxiety, measured with the HADS-A, timepoints: baseline, 3/6/12 months Process variables/mediators: - Self-compassion, measured with the Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form (SCS-SF), timepoints: baseline, 3/6/12 months - Self-criticism and self-reassurance, measured with the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS), timepoints: baseline, 3/6/12 months - Positive and negative emotions, measured with the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Short Form (PANAS-SF), timepoints: baseline, 3/6/12 months - Gratitude, measured with the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), timepoints: baseline, 3/6/12 months Tertiair outcomes (to assess cost-effectiveness): - Absenteeism and production losses, measured with six items from the Productivity and Disease Questionnaire (Prodisq), timepoints: baseline, 3 and 6 months - Healthcare use, measured with 2 items from the questionnaire for healthcare use and production losses among psychological disorders (Tic-P), timepoints: baseline, 3 and 6 months Additional variables: - Socio-demographic characteristics (e.g. sex, age, education level, marital status), timepoints: baseline - Positive and negative life events in the past 12 months, timepoints: baseline and 12 months - Evaluation questionnaire concerning the duration and contents of the self-compassion intervention as well as the e-mail support, timepoints: 3 months (solely in the experimental condition) | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMarion Spijkerman
Universiteit Twente | Centre for eHealth and Wellbeing Research | Faculteit der Gedragswetenschappen | Vakgroep Psychologie, Gezondheid en Technologie |
Outcome results
None listed