NCT05718973

A Short, Animated Storytelling Video to Boost Psychological Capital

Efficacy of a Short, Animated Storytelling Video to Boost Psychological Capital in the Post-pandemic Era: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital Freiburg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 59 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will evaluate the effect of a short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital intervention on immediate and medium-term psychological capital and related constructs, gratitude and happiness. We will also measure voluntary engagement with the content of the short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital. In this 4-armed, parallel, randomized controlled trial, 10,000 adult, US participants will be randomly assigned to (1) a short, animated storytelling intervention video on positive psychological capital followed by the psychological capital , gratitude and happiness surveys (2) the surveys only, (3) an attention placebo control video followed by the before mentioned surveys, and (4) an arm that is exposed to neither the video nor the surveys. Two weeks later, participants in all four arms will complete all of the surveys. The primary outcome is psychological capital (immediate and medium-term). Secondary outcomes are gratitude and happiness (immediate and medium-term) as well as voluntary engagement with the short, animated storytelling video content.

Conditions

• Psychological Capital

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	short, animated storytelling video (intervention video)	Participants in the Intervention Arm will view a short, animated storytelling video designed to promote psychological capital.
OTHER	short, animated storytelling attention placebo video	The Attention Placebo Control Arm will view an attention placebo control video, unrelated to the outcomes measured in this trial.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-01
• Primary completion: 2023-07-31
• Completion: 2023-08-31
• First posted: 2023-02-08
• Last updated: 2023-05-10