The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of several variations of an already validated Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) called Best Possible Self in not flourishing population. This will be done through a mobile app specially designed for this aim. Concretely, the design will permit to compare the classic intervention (BPS Future), a new variation (BPS Past), and a combination of both components (BPS Past+Future). Participants will be randomly assigned to one of 3 conditions, in which they will practice the intervention for two weeks: * BPS-PAST + BPS FUT condition: Participants will practice BPS Past for one week, and then they will switch to BPS future for another week. * BPS-FUT condition: Participants will practice BPS Future for two weeks. * CONTROL condition: Participants will practice DAILY ACTIVITIES for two weeks.
The design will permit two comparisons: After the first week of the intervention, participants will answer the assessment. It will permit to compare BPS PAST, BPS FUTURE and CONTROL conditions (pre-post). After the second week, participants will answer the assessment and then it will be possible to compare BPS PAST + BPS FUTURE combination, BPS FUTURE, and CONTROL conditions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
361
Participants think about themselves in a past when they displayed their best self. Then, they visualize this with the help of audio instructions. They will practice within a mobile app.
Participants think about themselves in the future after everything has gone as well as it possibly could. Then, they visualize this with the help of audio instructions. They will practice within a mobile app.
Participants think about the activities they did during the last 24 hours. Then, they visualize this with the help of audio instructions. They will practice within a mobile app.
University of Twente
Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
University of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Change of Positive and Negative Affect from baseline to post-intervention
Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; Watson, Clark \& Tellegen, 1988)
Time frame: Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)
Wellbeing
The Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF; Keyes, 2009)
Time frame: Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)
Optimism
Life Orientation Test (LOT-R; Scheier, Carver \& Bridges, 1994).
Time frame: Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)
Satisfaction with life
Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS; Pavot, Diener \& Suh, 1998).
Time frame: Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)
Self-efficacy
New General Self-efficacy Scale (NGSES; Chen, Gully \& Eden, 2001).
Time frame: Change from pre-intervention to post-intervention (2 weeks)
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