Digital Positive Affect Intervention Study

Launched by NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE · May 10, 2025

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The Digital Positive Affect Intervention Study is looking at a new online program designed to help adults with mild to moderate anxiety and depression. This study compares a digital program that focuses on boosting positive emotions with a self-monitoring app that helps people keep track of their feelings. The hope is that the digital program will not only reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression but also improve overall mental health, sleep quality, and life satisfaction over a six-week period.

To participate, individuals must be between the ages of 21 and 64, speak and write in English, and own a smartphone with a Singapore phone number. They should also have mild symptoms of anxiety or depression, as measured by specific questionnaires. Participants will engage with the online program for six weeks and will be asked to complete surveys about their mental health at various points during and after the study. This trial is currently recruiting, and findings will help determine if this digital approach is effective in enhancing emotional well-being.

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Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion criteria
• • Adults aged between 21 and 64 years
• • Proficient in written and spoken English
• • Ability to provide informed consent
• • Scores between 5 and 14 on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale OR
• • Scores between 5 and 19 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scale
• • Scores below 6 on the Altman Self-Rating Mania (ASRM) scale
• • Possess an active smartphone with a valid Singapore phone number
• • Mainly based in Singapore, within the next 15 months Exclusion criteria
• • Failure to meet the above inclusion criteria
• • Significant suicidal thoughts within the past two weeks, defined as self-reporting "more than half the days" or "nearly every day" on the PHQ-9 Item 9.
• • Received psychiatric diagnoses of bipolar disorder, disorders of psychosis, severe clinical anxiety, or severe clinical depression.
• • Severe clinical anxiety (scores of 15 to 21 on the GAD-7)
• • Severe clinical depression (scores of 20-27 on the PHQ-9)