Effects of thinking and writing about yourself and your life

UMIN ID: UMIN000050568

Registered date:31/03/2023

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Healthy adult
• Date of first enrollment: 2022/06/13
• Target sample size: 74
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Exercise to make participants think and write down their desired future and the steps toward the future (once a day for four days)
Exercise to make participants recall and write down their life at the day before and the way to make the day better (once a day for four days)

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Psychological well-being scale (before, and one week and four weeks after intervention)
• Secondary Outcome: Japanese version of Subjective Happiness Scale Japanese version of Life Orientation Scale K6 (for the above, before, and one week and four weeks after intervention)) Moods before and after an intervention Manipulation check for an intervention

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 18years-old
• Age maximum: 30years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Having current medical history of psychiatry or psychosomatic medicine. Having a history of psychiatry or psychosomatic medicine. Having psychological counseling at present. Feeling significant discomfort due to physical or psychological symptoms at present. Having symptoms of a fever or a cold within the past two weeks. Those who are positive for COVID-19 or have a close contact with a person with COVID-19.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Meiji Gakuin University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: MEXT