Primals & Clinical Psychology: Testing the Malleability of Primals with Single Time-Point Interventions

Our goal is to determine if primal world beliefs are malleable. We will test two different single time-point interventions for increasing endorsement of the belief that the world is safe rather than dangerous. One intervention will aim to create insight that such beliefs are malleable; the other will additionally include practice reinterpreting the safety of threat-related pictures. We will measure primals world belief endorsement along with mental health and affective measures pre- and post-intervention as well as at 1 and 2 weeks after intervention. This study will test whether primal world beliefs can be modified, the consequences of such modifications, and the relative efficacy of these particular intervention approaches.