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Couples' Affect in Relationships Study

Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison • ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06907654

Registry updated: 2026-10-13

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Description

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.

Interventions

well-being app (Device)
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 (Behavioral)
Participants will be given a list of resources that promote well-being.

Eligibility criteria

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) * Did not pass video attention check * Investigators may also track the time it takes for participants to complete surveys and use survey timing as a method to flag for suspicious bot activity * Participant presents false or misleading information or other indicators that the participant may be participating in the study in bad faith. At screening, each participant's address will be checked and they will be excluded if the address is 1) invalid or 2) a non-residential address. Participants will also be excluded if the same email is provided for both partners. Participants will be excluded if they fail the attention check item in the baseline survey. Participants will be excluded if they complete their screeners \<= 20 minutes of each other.

Conditions

Depression Disorders

Locations

University of Wisconsin - Madison — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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