Clinical trials: Prosocial Behavior
Depressive Symptoms, Stress
Investigating Differential Effects of Online Mental Training Interventions on Mental Well-being and Social Cohesion
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and the associated government-imposed isolationary lockdowns, has led to a mental health crisis on a global scale.
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Stress, Empathy, Compassion
- Trial name
- NCT04889508
- Testing
- Socio-emotional mental training, Mindfulness-based mental training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 285 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Max Planck Social Neuroscience Lab
Autism or Autistic Traits, Healthy
Development of Prosocial Behaviors and Related Brain Network in Infants of High and Low Risk of ASD
The goal of this observational study is to compare the developmental trajectories of prosocial behaviors and functional network connections in infants and toddlers at high and low risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- NCT06329245
- Testing
- Do not take any interventions
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Effort Based Decision Making, Prosocial Behavior
Effort and Antidepressant Study Test
The aim of this study is to investigate the behavioural effects and neural correlates of increasing serotonin levels in healthy volunteers, through a 7-day course of the SSRI escitalopram, on an effort-based decision-making task…
- Conditions
- Effort Based Decision Making, Prosocial Behavior, Apathy
- Trial name
- EAST (NCT06696482)
- Testing
- Escitalopram 10mg
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Aging
Oxytocin's Effect on Socioemotional Aging
This study will investigate the extent to which intranasal oxytocin affects changes in social decision making and evaluations of others.
- Trial name
- NCT01823146
- Testing
- Oxytocin spray
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Major Depressive Disorder
Biomarkers of Social Sensitivity in Major Depression
Major depression disorder (MDD) is a frequent and disabling mental disorder with great risk of recurrence and chronicity. Interpersonal factors are among the strongest predictors of the course and duration of an episode of…
- Trial name
- SENSO (NCT02214511)
- Testing
- emotional facial stimuli, Cyberball game
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Sedentary Lifestyle
Prosocial Exercise: Does Exercising for Charity Result in Greater Well-Being and Physical Activity?
The purpose of this study is to determine whether prosocial exercise (exercising for the benefit of others) results in greater well-being and physical activity when compared to personal exercise (exercising without attempting to…
- Trial name
- NCT02573454
- Testing
- App assignment
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Mental Health Issue
A Mindfulness-based Intervention to Reduce Stress and Improve Prosocial Skills for Health-care Students
We aim to study the clinical immediate and long-term efficacy of a web-delivered MBCT-L protocol targeting bachelor and master health-care students in Geneva, as well as to study the correlations of clinical, neuroimaging and…
- Trial name
- e-SMILE (NCT07110792)
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Geneva, Switzerland
Attentional Processing, Adolescent Behavior
Games & Well-Being Study
This project is focused on the neural and behavioral correlates of two different videos games that will be used as training tools.
- Trial name
- GWB (NCT01886911)
- Testing
- Attention Training Intervention Game, Prosocial Training Intervention Game, Control for Attention Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Emotions, Facial Emotion Recognition
Improving Emotion Recognition Ability to Support Social Development in Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study
The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to investigate whether enhancing emotion recognition abilities can improve social behavior in primary school children.
- Conditions
- Emotions, Facial Emotion Recognition, Antisocial Behavior, Nonverbal Communication
- Trial name
- I4C (NCT07097090)
- Testing
- Emotion Recognition Training Program: A structured school-based intervention designed to enhance children's ability to recognize emotions through facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language., No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Foggia
Prosocial Behavior, Community Sense
Well-being in Students and Teachers Study
The goal of this randomized trial is to test the effectiveness of two universal classroom-based mindfulness social and emotional learning (SEL) programs (one for students and one for teachers) by examining behavioral outcomes on…
- Conditions
- Prosocial Behavior, Community Sense, Optimism, Anxiety
- Trial name
- WIST (NCT06203288)
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based social and emotional learning (MBSEL) program for educators, Mindfulness-based social and emotional learning (MBSEL) program for students
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 405 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Adolescent
A VR Intervention for Prosocial Behavior and Well-being Among Adolescents
The aim of this project is to examine the effectiveness of a gamified prosocial VR intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT06504069
- Testing
- Prosocial VR intervention
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Emotional Distress, Prosocial Behavior
Intervention to Prevent Behavioral Health Symptoms Among Pandemic Affected Children
Racial and ethnic minority children who live in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities are disproportionately impacted by pandemic and climate-induced disasters.
- Conditions
- Emotional Distress, Prosocial Behavior, Pandemic, COVID-19, Coping Skills
- Trial name
- NCT05639465
- Testing
- JoH-C19, Switch off Get Active
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prosocial Behavior, Self Regulation
Effects of Mindfulness and Yoga on Preschool Students' Emotional Regulation, Behavior, and Social Participation
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if mindfulness and yoga can improve attention, problem-solving, memory, emotional awareness, and impulsivity in preschoolers.
- Conditions
- Prosocial Behavior, Self Regulation, Impulsive Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06561373
- Testing
- Calm & Alert yoga and mindfulness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabethtown College
Child Behavior
The Effectiveness of a Classroom-based Intervention Promoting a Prosocial Classroom Climate in Children
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a classroom-based program promoting a prosocial classroom climate is more effective than treatment-as-usual (control condition).
- Trial name
- NCT05891067
- Testing
- SterkWerk, Treatment-as-usual
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 2,337 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Utrecht University
Sleep Quality, Chronotype
Sleep, Chronotype, and Prosocial Allocation Decisions
This observational behavioural study examines whether individual differences in sleep quality, sleep timing, and chronotype are associated with prosocial allocation decisions in adults.
- Conditions
- Sleep Quality, Chronotype, Prosocial Decision-Making, Circadian Timing
- Trial name
- SCPAD (NCT07697092)
- Testing
- Sleep, Circadian, and Prosocial Allocation Assessment
- Where
- 2 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prosocial Behavior, Forgiveness
From the Heart: Comparing the Effects of Spiritual and Secular Meditation on Psychophysiology, Cognition, Mental Health, and Social Functioning in Healthy Adults
The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the effects of Christian and Islamic heart-centred spiritual meditation to mindfulness meditation and waitlist control conditions, respectively, in healthy adults.
- Conditions
- Prosocial Behavior, Forgiveness, Empathy, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT06136676
- Testing
- Arm 1 - Heart-Centred Spiritual Meditation: Christian contemplation, Arm 1 - Heart-Centred Spiritual Meditation: Islamic contemplation, Arm 2 - Action Control: Mindfulness Meditation
- Where
- 2 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 288 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Coventry University
Sleep Restriction
Effects of Nap Restriction on Preschoolers' Empathy, Prosocial Behaviors and Executive Function
Cross-sectional evidences suggest a relationship between early childhood sleep and cognitive as well as socio-emotional functions. However, the casual relation has not been fully revealed.
- Trial name
- NCT06025669
- Testing
- Nap restriction
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Social Emotional Learning
Learning for Hearts and Minds in Elementary School
ABSTRACT- Introduction: Skills such as recognizing and managing emotions, developing empathy, building cooperative relationships, solving problems effectively and obtaining communication skills have gained importance in several…
- Trial name
- NCT06174467
- Testing
- SEELearning Training, Waiting list group of the intervention
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein