NCT05220618

Efficacy of an Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Savoring Training for the Reduction of Depressive Symptomatology

Feasibility and Preliminary Effects an Online Training to Increase the Specificity and Savoring of Positive Autobiographical Memories: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The effect of autobiographical memory specificity and savoring training on memory specificity, positive affect regulation, well-being and depression symptomatology

Detailed description

The general objective of this study is to analyze the efficacy of an online-delivered Autobiographical Memory Specificity and SavoringTraining to increase the specificity of positive autobiographical memories, positive affect regulation strategies, well-being and to reduce depression symptomatology. It will be tested in two conditions (training group vs. control group) with low-to-moderate depressive symptomatology. It is hypothesized that the training group (over control group) will increase the specificity and positive affect regulation of autobiographical memories, and this will lead to a reduction of depressive symptomatology and increase of well-being.

Conditions

• Training Group
• Control Group

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Savoring Training: PESCAR	An autobiographical memory specificity and savoring training has been developed by authors, based on previous training within the frame of Cognitive Bias Modification Interventions (CBM-I; Barry et al., 2019; Hitchcock et al., 2017) and savoring interventions (Bryant et al., 2005; Hanson et al., 2023). The training group will receive a self-guided intervention, which consists of an initial session (lasting 20 minutes approximately) and two-week training, conducted online. Participants will be provided with an online platform for following the intervention in a self-guided modality. The first session aims to give information about autobiographical memory functioning, to train in specificity recall through concrete processing steps and to explain the functioning of the self-guided modality. Then, during the next two weeks, participants will use the online platform once a day for practising the recall of autobiographical memories during 10-15 min approximately.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-12
• Primary completion: 2024-05-16
• Completion: 2024-08-16
• First posted: 2022-02-02
• Last updated: 2024-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain