The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to establish feasibility and provide initial estimates of efficacy of two computerized cognitive training procedures (a form of Positive Mental Imagery Training, PMIT, and a form of Cognitive Control Training, CCT) delivered as adjuncts to treatment as usual (TAU) in inpatient mental health treatment settings.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
57
Nexus-Klinik
Baden-Baden, Germany
St. Marien Hospital Eickel
Herne, Germany
21-item positive subscale from the extended Positive and Negative Affect Schedules
The Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, and Serenity subscales of the extended PANAS (PANAS-X; Watson \& Clark, 1994) will be administered, following previous experimental research examining the effect of positive mental imagery on state mood (e.g. Holmes, Lang, \& Shah, 2009). Participants will be asked to rate the items according to how they have been feeling 'in the past week, that is, during the past seven days, including today'.
Time frame: Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)
21-item positive subscale from the extended Positive and Negative Affect Schedules
The Joviality, Self-Assurance, Attentiveness, and Serenity subscales of the extended PANAS (PANAS-X; Watson \& Clark, 1994) will be administered, following previous experimental research examining the effect of positive mental imagery on state mood (e.g. Holmes, Lang, \& Shah, 2009). Participants will be asked to rate the items according to how they have been feeling 'in the past week, that is, during the past seven days, including today'.
Time frame: Baseline, Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale
An extended 26-item version of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS; Rizvi et al., 2015) will be administered.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology - Self Report
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
GAD-7
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
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Positive Mental Health Scale
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline), Follow-up (2 weeks after the post-intervention assessment)
Prospective Imagery Test
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)
Scrambled Sentences Test (SST)
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)
Implicit Associations Test (IAT)
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (2 weeks post-baseline)