From the Heart: Comparing the Effects of Spiritual and Secular Meditation on Psychophysiology, Cognition, Mental Health, and Social Functioning in Healthy Adults
Recruiting · NCT06136676 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Coventry University
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Arm 1 - Heart-Centred Spiritual Meditation: Christian contemplationArm 1 - Heart-Centred Spiritual Meditation: Islamic contemplationArm 2 - Action Control: Mindfulness Meditation
What this trial is about
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. The potential effects will be studied at multiple levels, with a focus on psychophysiology, cognition, mental health, and social functioning.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
Yes - healthy volunteers may be accepted
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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.
Where it is running
4 locations listed.
- Little Flower Institute of Social Sciences and Health (LISSAH) college - Calicut, Kerala, India
- Little Flower Institute of Social Sciences and Health (LISSAH) college - Calicut, Kerala, India
- Kuriakose Elias College Mannanam - Kottayam, Kerala, India
- Kuriakose Elias College Mannanam - Kottayam, Kerala, India