NCT05234476

Behavioral Activation Plus Savoring for University Students

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavioral Activation Plus Savoring for University Students With Positive Valence Dysregulation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Southern Methodist University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The current investigation aims to examine whether a brief, two-session, virtual behavioral activation plus savoring intervention will increase daily positive emotion in university students.

Detailed description

Experiences of positive emotions are often unchanged following standard psychotherapy. To address this, the current investigation aims to enhance traditional brief behavioral activation with savoring, an emotion regulation strategy specifically targeting positive emotion, or affect, for university students endorsing low levels of the symptom. Individuals will be randomized to either a two-session behavioral activation plus savoring intervention or two sessions of empathic listening. Daily levels of positive emotions will be assessed throughout the study and for one week prior to and completing the intervention.

Conditions

• Mood
• Anhedonia
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Activation plus Savoring	Individuals in this intervention will complete two sessions of behavioral activation, where they will be provided psychoeducation on behavioral models of mood, schedule activities, and discuss barriers to completion. Additionally, they will practice savoring as a cognitive strategy to increase positive emotions with a study therapist.
BEHAVIORAL	Empathic Listening	Individuals in the active control condition will complete two sessions of reflecting on tracking their mood and empathic listening with a study therapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-06
• Primary completion: 2022-06-01
• Completion: 2022-06-01
• First posted: 2022-02-10
• Last updated: 2022-02-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States