Recruiting
Phase 1

Mindfulness

Sponsor:

University of Delaware

Code:

NCT04177836

Conditions

The Focus of the Study is Romantic Relationship Quality

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Mindfulness intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

The overarching aim of this proposal is to experimentally test whether a mindfulness intervention improves relationship quality. Romantic couples from the community will be randomly assigned to one of two arms: mindfulness vs. active control. Both interventions will be completed on a smart-phone for 14 days using identical intervention activities as our existing published research. After the 14-day period, couples will attend a lab visit and provide relationship quality data.

Conditions

The Focus of the Study is Romantic Relationship Quality

Study ID

NCT04177836

Start date

Nov 4, 2019

Status verified date

Feb, 2024

Completion date

Jun 30, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Couples living together for at least 2 years
  • Both partners must be fluent in English
  • Both partners cannot already engage in regular systematic mind-body practice (>2 times per week).
  • Both partners must have daily access to an internet-enabled smartphone to complete the intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Design

Enrollment

274 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: MIndfulness

This arm was developed to increase attention towards and acceptance of current experiences.

active comparator: Active Control

This arm is a relaxation-based active treatment comparison intervention, developed to parallel the structure of the mindfulness intervention without the attention towards or acceptance of present experiences.

Interventions

Mindfulness intervention

Participants will either complete a mindfulness intervention or active control for 2 weeks on their smartphone

Primary outcome measure

  • Changes in Romantic Relationship Quality [ Time Frame: Before and after the 2 week intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Marcia Ellis

302-831-4591projectclosestaff@gmail.com

Lisa Jaremka, PhD

3028314810projectclosestaff@gmail.com

Locations

University of Delaware

Recruiting

Newark, Delaware, United States, 19716

Contacts

Marcia Ellis

302-831-4591projectclosestaff@gmail.com

Lisa Jaremka, PhD

3028314810projectclosestaff@gmail.com

More Information

Sponsor

University of Delaware

Last update posted

Feb 6, 2024

Last verified

Feb, 2024

Keywords

  • Romantic relationship quality
  • Mindfulness

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Delaware on 2024-02-06.