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Mini-treatment Experiments to Clarify How to Assist People to Habit Formation

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05070143

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Official title

Mini-treatment Experiments to Clarify How to Assist People to Formation Desired Habits and Disrupt Unwanted Habits

Brief summary

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Habits impact nearly every domain of one's physical and mental health. Evidence-based psychological treatments (EBPTs) are interventions targeting psychological processes that cause and/or maintain mental illness and that have been developed and evaluated scientifically. An implicit goal of EBPTs is to disrupt unwanted habits and develop desired habits. Yet, there has been insufficient attention given to habit formation principles, theory and measures in the development and delivery of EBTPs. In preparing to conduct a 5-year R01 on this topic, the investigators are conducting this experiment to better understand habit formation. The purpose is to distill, study and clarify key concepts in habit formation before embarking on the 5-year R01. This is necessary as there is surprisingly little research to guide key decisions, particularly for the process of dismantling unwanted habits. Hence, the aim of this experiment is to compare strategies discussed in the scientific literature, which have been minimally studied, to dismantle unwanted habits. The hypothesis tested is that each of the active strategies will be superior to the no intervention group. The study is exploratory as to which of the active strategies will be most effective.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT05070143
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
286 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Oct 6, 2021
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2023
Completion
Apr 30, 2023
Last update posted
May 9, 2023

2021 – 2023

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of California at Berkeley Berkeley California 94720-1650

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