A relational savoring intervention predicts higher levels of adherence to COVID-19 health recommendations.

Doan, Stacey N.; Smiley, Patricia A.; Kerr, Margaret; Vicman, Jessica M.; Borelli, Jessica L.

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“…In this study as well as in previous studies [26,[28][29][30][31][32], while maintaining its core characteristics, the RS intervention is tailored to our priority population of HL-serving CSPs. This was done based on discussions held between the investigative team and the CSPs regarding what brings them meaning in relation to the job.…”

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“…Likewise, support for the RS intervention exists in its prior findings with other samples. Findings across studies with parent-child dyads, long-distance couples, older adults, and male adolescents in residential treatment have shown that RS can improve emotional states, psychological agency, relational schemas, and relationship satisfaction compared with control conditions [28][29][30][31][32]. Likewise, the RS intervention shows promise in affecting physical health by impacting health behaviors and lowering heart rate [29,31].…”

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“…Findings across studies with parent-child dyads, long-distance couples, older adults, and male adolescents in residential treatment have shown that RS can improve emotional states, psychological agency, relational schemas, and relationship satisfaction compared with control conditions [28][29][30][31][32]. Likewise, the RS intervention shows promise in affecting physical health by impacting health behaviors and lowering heart rate [29,31]. In addition, previous studies report that RS might be especially effective in HL populations because of its compatibility with cultural values [28].…”

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A Relationship-Based Resilience Program for Promotores: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Waitlist Trial

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Background Community service providers (CSPs) play an integral role in the health care of low-income Hispanic or Latinx (HL) communities. CSPs have high-stress frontline jobs and share the high-risk demographics of their communities. Relational savoring (RS) has been associated with lower cardiovascular reactivity and psychosocial benefits, with particular promise among HL participants. In this study, we aim to identify RS’s potential in promoting CSPs’ cardiometabolic health and, in so doing, having broader impacts on the community they serve. Objective This randomized controlled waitlist study aims to examine the effect of an RS intervention on (1) CSPs’ cardiometabolic health (cardiometabolic risk factors and outcomes) and (2) CSPs’ threats to leaving the workforce. Methods We will recruit a sample of 80 CSPs from community health agencies serving low-income HL populations. Participating CSPs will be randomized into an experimental or a waitlist control. Participants will complete 1 or 2 baseline assessment batteries (before the intervention), depending on the assigned group, and then complete 2 more assessment batteries following the 4-week RS intervention (after the intervention and at a 3-mo follow-up). The RS intervention consists of guided reflections on positive moments of connection with others. Electrocardiogram data will be obtained from a wearable device (Polar Verity Sense or Movisens) to measure heart rate variability. The primary outcome is cardiometabolic health, consisting of cardiometabolic risk (obtained from heart rate variability) and cardiometabolic health behaviors. The secondary outcomes include CSPs’ threats to leaving the workforce (assessed via psychological well-being), intervention acceptability, and CSPs’ delivery of cardiometabolic health programming to the community (exploratory). Analyses of covariance will be used to examine the effects of RS on cardiometabolic health and on CSPs’ threats to leaving the workforce, comparing outcomes at baseline, postintervention, and at follow-up across participants in the experimental versus waitlist group. Results The study has been approved by the University of California, Irvine, Institutional Review Board and is currently in the data collection phase. By May 2023, 37 HL CSPs have been recruited: 34 have completed the baseline assessment, 28 have completed the 4 intervention sessions, 27 have completed the posttreatment assessment, and 10 have completed all assessments (including the 3-mo follow-up). Conclusions This study will provide valuable information on the potential of RS to support cardiometabolic health in HL CSPs and, indirectly, in the communities they serve. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05560893; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05560893 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/51427

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Section: Relational Savoring: a Culturally Congruent Approachmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Relational Savoring: a Culturally Congruent Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Relational Savoring: a Culturally Congruent Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Relationship-Based Resilience Program for Promotores: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Waitlist Trial

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Kazmierski

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“…The findings reveal that RS is effective in improving emotional states (Borelli, Kerr, et al, 2022;Burkhart et al, 2015), relationship satisfaction (Borelli, Rasmussen, et al, 2014), parenting sensitivity (Borelli, Hong, et al, 2022;Borelli, Kerr, et al, 2022;Borelli, Russo, et al, 2022), and cardiovascular reactivity (Borelli et al, 2019), and when delivered in the context of an attachment-based group intervention, in reducing mental health symptoms (Borelli, Yates, et al, 2020). RS has been evaluated among parents (majority female) of toddlers (Borelli et al, 2023;Borelli, Kerr, et al, 2022;Burkhart et al, 2015;Doan et al, 2023;Smiley et al, 2024), incarcerated parents (Kerr et al, 2022), adult romantic partners in longdistance relationships (Borelli, Rasmussen, et al, 2014), partnered couples (Wang et al, 2023), female non-deploying partners of military personnel Froidevaux et al, 2023), older adults aged 60 to 90 (Borelli et al, 2019), adolescent males in residential treatment (Wang, Bouche, et al, 2020;Wang, Huang, et al, 2020), and low-income Latine 5 mothers and adolescents (Borelli, Yates, et al, 2020). The intervention has also been evaluated among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (Gaskin, 2021;Pereira et al, 2021) in the United States and Singapore.…”

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Culturally adapting relational savoring: A therapeutic approach to improve relationship quality

Borelli,

Zhou,

Russo

et al. 2024

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Relational savoring (RS) is a brief, strengths‐based approach to heightening attentional focus to moments of positive connectedness within relationships. RS can be administered preventatively or within an intervention context when a therapist aspires to foster more optimal relational functioning. Typically administered within a one‐on‐one therapy setting, RS has demonstrated efficacy in enhancing intra‐ and interpersonal outcomes. To increase access to mental health services, the developers of RS are committed to engaging in an iterative approach of enhancing the cultural congruence and accessibility of this intervention within various cultural contexts, beginning with Latine groups in Southern California. In this article, we describe relational savoring and its theoretical and empirical support, including the process of culturally adapting the intervention within the context of three major studies, each with a distinct focus on Latine groups, a community that is underserved in mental health care settings. We then provide a vision for future research to improve upon the intervention's compatibility for Latine families and other populations.

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A Relationship-Based Resilience Program for Promotores: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Waitlist Trial (Preprint)

Arcos,

Russo,

Kazmierski

et al. 2023

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BACKGROUND Community service providers (CSPs) play an integral role in the health care of low-income Hispanic or Latinx (HL) communities. CSPs have high-stress frontline jobs and share the high-risk demographics of their communities. Relational savoring (RS) has been associated with lower cardiovascular reactivity and psychosocial benefits, with particular promise among HL participants. In this study, we aim to identify RS’s potential in promoting CSPs’ cardiometabolic health and, in so doing, having broader impacts on the community they serve. OBJECTIVE This randomized controlled waitlist study aims to examine the effect of an RS intervention on (1) CSPs’ cardiometabolic health (cardiometabolic risk factors and outcomes) and (2) CSPs’ threats to leaving the workforce. METHODS We will recruit a sample of 80 CSPs from community health agencies serving low-income HL populations. Participating CSPs will be randomized into an experimental or a waitlist control. Participants will complete 1 or 2 baseline assessment batteries (before the intervention), depending on the assigned group, and then complete 2 more assessment batteries following the 4-week RS intervention (after the intervention and at a 3-mo follow-up). The RS intervention consists of guided reflections on positive moments of connection with others. Electrocardiogram data will be obtained from a wearable device (Polar Verity Sense or Movisens) to measure heart rate variability. The primary outcome is cardiometabolic health, consisting of cardiometabolic risk (obtained from heart rate variability) and cardiometabolic health behaviors. The secondary outcomes include CSPs’ threats to leaving the workforce (assessed via psychological well-being), intervention acceptability, and CSPs’ delivery of cardiometabolic health programming to the community (exploratory). Analyses of covariance will be used to examine the effects of RS on cardiometabolic health and on CSPs’ threats to leaving the workforce, comparing outcomes at baseline, postintervention, and at follow-up across participants in the experimental versus waitlist group. RESULTS The study has been approved by the University of California, Irvine, Institutional Review Board and is currently in the data collection phase. By May 2023, 37 HL CSPs have been recruited: 34 have completed the baseline assessment, 28 have completed the 4 intervention sessions, 27 have completed the posttreatment assessment, and 10 have completed all assessments (including the 3-mo follow-up). CONCLUSIONS This study will provide valuable information on the potential of RS to support cardiometabolic health in HL CSPs and, indirectly, in the communities they serve. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05560893; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05560893 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/51427

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A relational savoring intervention predicts higher levels of adherence to COVID-19 health recommendations.

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

A Relationship-Based Resilience Program for Promotores: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Waitlist Trial

A Relationship-Based Resilience Program for Promotores: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Waitlist Trial

Culturally adapting relational savoring: A therapeutic approach to improve relationship quality

A Relationship-Based Resilience Program for Promotores: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Waitlist Trial (Preprint)

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