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CUHK_CCRB00597

2018-03-29

Prospective

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

Not Applicable

Ella Wong

Master of Art in Psychology, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

56698252

ellawong@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Ella Wong

Master of Art in Psychology, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

56698252

ellawong@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Savoring, Mindfulness and Discernment: Examining the efficacy of a savoring intervention and the role of dispositional mindfulness and discernment on Hong Kong adults

“Savoring” Research Project

《細味》研究計劃

Hong Kong

Yes

2018-03-19

Other

Survey and Behavioural Research Ethics Committee CUHK

Not applicable

Nil

Behavior

This study is a two-armed randomized controlled trial of Savoring Intervention for Hong Kong adults. Savoring Intervention is one of the positive psychological interventions that is used to improve mental well-being and decrease negative emotions such as depression by enhancing people’s attentional focus on positive experiences (Bryant & Veroff, 2017). It was found that when predicting positive emotions and their ensuing psychological benefits, dispositional mindfulness and the perceived ability to savor the moment play complementary roles (Kiken, Lundberg & Fredrickson, 2017).

Participants in the intervention group will be invited to practice savoring intervention that is modified from the strategies for enhancing savoring recommended by Bryant and Veroff (2017). Participants will be instructed to take at least one photo a day for seven consecutive days that could capture a positive moment, experience, or inspiration. They will send the photos along with one to two sentences describing the positive experience to the researcher via the same WhatsApp conversation of which they have received instructions. They will be written in Chinese to make it comprehensible to the Hong Kong population.

1 "Whatsapp" savoring practice instruction and reminder per day

1 savoring practice per day

1 week

1 savoring practice per day

Participants of the active control group will be invited to take one photo of neutral meaning every day in their week of participation. Specific instructions of the kind of neutral photos they should take for each day will be sent to the participants every day via WhatsApp during the week of their participation. They will send the photos along with one sentence describing the picture they have taken, such as “Day1, this is a wooden chair”. Like the instructions provided to the intervention group, instructions will be written in Chinese.

1 "Whatsapp" active control practice instruction and reminder per day

1 active control practice per day

1 week

1 active control practice per day

Hong Kong adults (18 years old or above)

Able to read Chinese

Have constant access to Whatsapp

Nil

18

999

Both Male and Female

Interventional

Randomized

Block randomization

Active

Single-blind

Trial subjects

Single group

3

2018-04-03

120

Not Yet Recruiting

Depressive symptoms

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)

3

Flourishing

Flourishing Scale (FS) and Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF)

3

Savoring

Savoring Beliefs Inventory (SBI)

3

Mindfulness

Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-C; Short-version)

3

Discernment

Discernment Scale

3

No

2018-07-05

ChiCTR1800015550

2018-03-29

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