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Trial Title
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Light-Touch Psychosocial Interventions: Aspirations and Self-Affirmation
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Short-Term Economic E ffects of Psychological Affirmation and Goal-Setting Interventions
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Investigator
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Richard Sedlmayr
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Kate Orkin
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Trial Status
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on_going
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completed
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Abstract
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This study explores the short-term economic effects, as well as mediating behavioral and psychological effects, of two light-touch psychosocial media interventions in rural Western Kenya.
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This document describes analyses we plan to conduct on the data from a randomized controlled trial in southwestern Kenya conducted in 2015–2016. In this trial, we test if either or both of two social psychological interventions can affect psychological and economic outcomes over a two-month period and if the effects of interventions differ if they are delivered individually or in randomly assigned groups.
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JEL Code(s)
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D03, I31
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Last Published
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January 14, 2016 06:20 PM
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August 08, 2016 12:39 PM
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Study Withdrawn
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No
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Intervention Completion Date
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March 31, 2016
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Data Collection Complete
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Yes
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Data Collection Completion Date
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March 31, 2016
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Intervention (Public)
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(1) A pure control group is not being surveyed until the endline
Three interventions are being delivered:
(2) A self-affirmation intervention involving two videos plus an exercise to encourage people to reflect on their strengths and values
(3) An aspirational intervention involving two videos plus an exercise to encourage optimistic, future-oriented thinking
(4) A placebo intervention involving two videos plus an exercise that includes information from the other videos, but excludes what are presumed to be the active (self-affirmation or aspiration) ingredients
Arms 2,3, and 4 are cross-cut with individual (A) versus group (B) treatment delivery
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(1) A pure control group is not being surveyed until the endline
Three interventions are being delivered:
(2) A self-affirmation intervention involving two videos plus an exercise
(3) An aspirational intervention involving two videos plus an exercise
(4) A placebo intervention involving two videos plus an exercise that includes information from the other videos, but excludes what are presumed to be the active (self-affirmation or aspiration) ingredients
See pre-analysis plan for details
Arms 2,3, and 4 are cross-cut with individual (A) versus group (B) treatment delivery
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Intervention End Date
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January 31, 2016
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March 31, 2016
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Primary Outcomes (End Points)
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A broad set of outcomes are explored. The primary outcomes of interest are:
1. Economic outcomes, including poverty indicators (income, consumption, assets) and future-oriented investments (allocation of time and finances; educational and health behaviors)
2. A broad set of psychological and behavioral measures related to future orientation and motivation, including: risk and time preferences, cognitive control, effort, aspirations (incl MacArthur scale), generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, life satisfaction, perceived stress, optimism and hope, impulsiveness, grit, depression, self-esteem.
Furthermore, we investigate:
- Opinions about the causes of poverty
- Recall of the intervention
- Fertility-related opinions and behaviors
- Civic participation
- Participation in social networks (communication about goals and plans; challenges and bad experiences, gifts and loans)
- Village and Market visits
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We define a set of eight primary measures of interest, including two directly measured outcomes and six indices constructed from multiple outcomes. The indices are:
- self-concept (index)
- aspirations, hope and optimism (index)
- stress and depression (index)
- education (index)
- labor supply (focal outcome)
- consumption-related expenditure (focal outcome)
- income from production (index)
- investment-oriented behavior index
These are constructed and analysed as detailed in the attached pre-analysis plan.
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Primary Outcomes (Explanation)
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See attached pre-analysis plan
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Experimental Design (Public)
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1.Pure control
2A.Self-affirmations, individual
2B.Self-affirmations, group
3A.Aspirations, individual
3B.Aspirations, group
4A.Placebo, individual
4B.Placebo, group
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1.Pure control
2A.Self-affirmations, individual
2B.Self-affirmations, group
3A.Aspirations, individual
3B.Aspirations, group
4A.Placebo, individual
4B.Placebo, group
See pre-analysis plan for details
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Randomization Method
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Computer
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Computer, stratified random assignment, see pre-analysis plan for details
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Randomization Unit
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Both village level and individual level.
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Village level
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Planned Number of Observations
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4194 (3634 successfully baselined plus 560 pure controls)
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3385 households
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Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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1.Pure control: 16 villages x 35 subjects = 560. no baseline.
2A.Self-affirmations, individual: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 574
2B.Self-affirmations, group: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 621
3A.Aspirations, individual: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 625
3B.Aspirations, group: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 622
4A.Placebo, individual: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 570
4B.Placebo, group: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 622
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1.Pure control: 16 villages x 35 subjects = 560. no baseline. successfully endlined: 529.
2A.Self-affirmations, individual: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 574. successfully endlined: 530.
2B.Self-affirmations, group: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 630. successfully endlined: 548.
3A.Aspirations, individual: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 610. successfully endlined: 560.
3B.Aspirations, group: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 633. successfully endlined: 592.
4A.Placebo, individual: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 570
4B.Placebo, group: offered: 24 villages x 30 subjects = 720. successfully baselined: 622
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