The goal of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of brief writing interventions on state optimism, state gratitude and psychological distress among female university students. There are three groups; gratitude writing group where participants are required to write about the things they are grateful for, expressive writing group where participants are required to write about their deepest feelings and thoughts from last week and a control group where participants just write about the tasks they completed in the past week.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
96
Participants write the things they are grateful and thankful in their life for. It could be anything they want to write about for a period of 10 mins. They can write it in the language of their own choice and in what ever format they prefer.
Participants write about their deepest feelings and thoughts from the past week. They are given 10 mins to write. They can write in language of their own choice and in any format they prefer.
Participants are asked to write about the tasks they have completed in the past week in 10 mins. They can write in the language of their choice and in any format they prefer
Kinnaird College For Women University
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan
State Optimism measured by State Optimism Measure
Change in state optimism assessed using the State Optimism Measure. Higher scores indicate greater levels of state optimism.
Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the intervention
State gratitude measured by the Gratitude Adjective Checklist
Change in state gratitude assessed using the Gratitude Adjective Checklist. Higher scores indicate greater levels of state gratitude.
Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the intervention
Psychological distress measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
Change in psychological distress assessed using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Total scores range from 10 to 50, with higher scores indicating greater psychological distress.
Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and immediately after the intervention
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