Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Code:

NCT06907654

Conditions

Depression Disorders

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

well-being app

List of well-being resources

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether learning about well-being impacts the thoughts and feelings of romantic couples. The main question it aims to answer is:

  • Does gaining knowledge about well-being positively impact individuals and their romantic relationships?

Participants will complete online surveys about their thoughts and feelings.

Conditions

Depression Disorders

Study ID

NCT06907654

Start date

Aug 4, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Be either married, living together, OR in a dating relationship for at least 12 months
  • Proficiency in English
  • US citizen or permanent resident
  • If non-monogamous, must be able to enroll in the study with a primary partner with whom they spend the majority of their time.
  • Use of a smartphone (primary participant only)
  • Phone able to receive SMS text messages
  • Depression symptoms (≥ 5 on PHQ-9; primary participant only)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Severe physical or sexual relationship aggression during the past 6 months (any item endorsement on 5-item severe IPV screener)
  • Endorsement of active suicidality
  • History of psychosis or mania
  • Prior use of the Healthy Minds Program app
  • Prior significant experience with meditation
  • Severe hearing impairment that would interfere with the use of an audio-based intervention (primary participant only)

Study Design

Enrollment

2000 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: The Healthy Minds Program (HMP) mobile application

Primary participants in the HMP group will be instructed to complete a 4-week intervention through the app.

experimental: List of well-being resources

Primary participants will be instructed to use a curated list of well-being resources.

no intervention: Partner - Surveys only

Partner participants will complete surveys their thoughts and feelings.

Interventions

well-being app

The HMP app is a meditation-based smartphone app designed to promote and protect psychological well-being through sustainable skills training. The program is grounded in constituents of psychological well-being identified in empirical literature. HMP provides core content, with instruction administered through a curriculum of guided practices. HMP has guided audio practices that address 4 constituents of well-being: awareness, connection, insight, and purpose.

List of well-being resources

Participants will be given a list of resources that promote well-being.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Primary Participant-Rated Couples Satisfaction Index (CSI-16) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 4, 3-Month Follow-Up, 1-Year Follow-Up, 2-Year Follow-Up ]
  • Change in Second-Person PHQ-9 Rating of Primary Participant [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 4, 3-Month Follow-Up, 1-Year Follow-Up, 2-Year Follow-Up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Lily Smith

cares@chm.wisc.edu

Locations

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Recruiting

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705

Contacts

Lily Smith

cares@chm.wisc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Simon Goldberg, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Last update posted

Aug 6, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • romantic relationship
  • long-term relationship

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 Wisconsin, Madison on 2026-08-06.