NCT03789929

Emotional Competence and Compassion Online-Training

Scientific Evaluation of Online-Trainings for Emotional Competence, Compassion and Relationship Competences

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In this study two different online-courses about emotional competence and compassion are scientifically evaluated with psychometric questionnaires and heart rate variability measuring.

Detailed description

Stress and stress related diseases are becoming a huge health burden in modern societies. Psycho-emotional stress plays a key role in stress regulation. Therefore this study aims to investigate the effects of online-courses addressing emotion regulation. For this aim several different online-courses about emotional competence and compassion are scientifically evaluated with psychometric questionnaires and heart rate variability measuring. The courses are planned by the trainers and people register on their own initiative. The courses have a duration of 4 weeks or three months. They consist of video lectures that explain the content as well as videos giving exercises about the character of the different feelings and about the characteristics of emotions. They teach practices on how to use feelings as an empowering force in life and how to deal with difficult emotions.

Conditions

• Emotional Intelligence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The Emotional Backpack	In this 4 weeks course participants learn how to process difficult emotions that has been overwhelming in the past. They learn how they can use the support of other people and support other people in the processing emotions within a simple and easy to learn setting.
BEHAVIORAL	Feelings as Powers	In this 3 months course participants learn about the empowering potential of their feelings as well as the difficult aspects of them. In addition to that they learn techniques how to deal with difficult emotions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2020-07-31
• First posted: 2018-12-31
• Last updated: 2019-02-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany