# Prosocial Behavior Can Safeguard Mental Health and Foster Emotional Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

> **NCT04517006** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Toronto** · enrollment: 1328 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Happiness
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Morality

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Self-focused acts
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Prosocial acts

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04517006
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Toronto
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-01-31
- **Primary completion:** 2021-04-04
- **Final completion:** 2021-04-04
- **Target enrollment:** 1328 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-05-26


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04517006

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04517006, "Prosocial Behavior Can Safeguard Mental Health and Foster Emotional Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04517006. Licensed CC0.

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