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Can a phone app make teachers happier? new study tests mindfulness vs. empathy training

NCT ID NCT07637409

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Max Planck Social Neuroscience Lab Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study compares two app-based training programs—mindfulness and empathy-compassion—for school teachers in Germany and Austria. 900 teachers will be randomly assigned to one of the programs or a waitlist. The goal is to see if these trainings improve mental health, resilience, and social skills, and to understand how they work.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

About 900 people

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Started

Aug 2026

Expected to finish

Apr 2027

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Ages

18 to 68 years

Sex

Anyone

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Inclusion Criteria: * Between 18- and 68-years old. * Currently working as a school teacher in Germany or Austria; grades 1-12; primary, secondary, special needs, and vocational schools. * Proficient in German. * Informed consent. * No symptoms of psychiatric disease within the past two years; healthy population, non-clinical population. * Stable internet access and necessary technical equipment (mobile phone with internet access). * No regular contemplative practice (≤ 50 hours total within the past six months). Exclusion Criteria: * Insufficient German proficiency. * Lack of stable internet access or required devices (mobile phone with internet access). * No informed consent. * Not currently working as a school teacher. * Regular contemplative practice (\> 50 hours in the past six months (e.g., dyad, mindfulness, compassion-based practices). * Current psychiatric diagnosis or therapy, or reaching screening cutoffs on: * Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; Martin et al., 2006; Löwe et al., 2004; Cutoff ≥ 20; or endorsing suicidality on the item 9), * Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7; Löwe et al., 2007; Spitzer et al., 2006; Cutoff ≥ 15), * Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20; Bagby et al., 1994; Ritz \& Kannapin, 2000; Cutoff ≥ 61) * In addition, participants will complete the Standardized Assessment of Personality - Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS; Moran et al., 2003) which is not used as quantitative exclusion criteria in step 3, but provides additional information to support the phone call with one of the teachers, as part of the screening process.

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Psychological Well-Being

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Intervention (training) condition Waitlist control group

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  • Social Neuroscience lab manages the Edu:Social study-based app

    Berlin, State of Berlin, 10557, Germany

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