Status:

RECRUITING

From the Heart: Comparing the Effects of Spiritual and Secular Meditation on Psychophysiology, Cognition, Mental Health, and Social Functioning in Healthy Adults

Lead Sponsor:

Coventry University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging

Kuriakose Elias College Mannanam

Conditions:

Prosocial Behavior

Forgiveness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

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,...

Detailed Description

Background Secular forms of meditation have been widely accepted as an effective tool to promote well-being and as therapeutic strategies. The popularity of such practices, most notably mindfulness m...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 18 to 60 years old
  • able to read, speak and understand English
  • willing to be randomly assigned to all the conditions, with religious affiliation restricting allocation to either the Christian or Islamic type of spiritual meditation conditions
  • consider oneself to be a Christian or Muslim and pray at least weekly

Exclusion

  • currently suffer from any mental health conditions or use medication to manage mental health conditions
  • long-term serious physical medical problems, such as liver, brain, kidney, or other life-threatening chronic diseases
  • a history of a heart condition, high blood pressure, Raynaud syndrome, diabetes, or musculoskeletal condition
  • the current use of anxiolytics/mood stabilizers.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 6 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

288 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06136676

Start Date

June 6 2024

End Date

December 1 2025

Last Update

August 22 2024

Active Locations (2)

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Little Flower Institute of Social Sciences and Health (LISSAH) college

Calicut, Kerala, India, 673586

2

Kuriakose Elias College Mannanam

Kottayam, Kerala, India, 686561