Brief App-based Mood Monitoring and Mindfulness Intervention for First-year College Students

NCT06348277 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 121119
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 130
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators examined whether brief, app-based interventions were helpful in alleviating mental health symptoms during the transition to college. In particular, the investigators were interested in whether a brief mobile-app mindfulness intervention combined with mood monitoring was more effective in alleviating first-year students' psychological distress than mood monitoring alone.

Conditions

Depression, Anxiety; Self-Injurious Behavior

Keywords

mindfulness; rumination; worry

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Depressive Symptoms

  Beck Depression Inventory; higher scores indicate greater depression

  immediately after the intervention

• Anxiety Symptoms

  Beck Anxiety Inventory; higher scores indicate greater anxiety

  immediately after the intervention

• Urges to Self-injure

  Alexian Brothers Urges to Self-Injure scale; higher scores indicate greater urges

  immediately after the intervention

• Rumination

  Ruminative Response Scale; higher scores indicate higher rumination

  immediately after the intervention

• Worry

  Penn State Worry Questionnaire; higher scores indicate greater worry

  immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Depressive Symptoms

  6 weeks following the intervention

• Depressive Symptoms

  12 weeks following the intervention

• Anxiety Symptoms

  6 weeks following the intervention

• Anxiety Symptoms

  12 weeks following the intervention

• Urges to self-injure

  6 weeks following the intervention

Study Arms (3)

MIndfulness Plus Mood Monitoring

EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile app that involved mood monitoring and brief mindfulness exercises.

Behavioral: Mindfulness plus mood monitoring

Mood Monitoring Only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Mobile app that involved only mood monitoring

Behavioral: Mood monitoring

Assessment only Control

NO INTERVENTION

Only completed assessments

Interventions

Mindfulness plus mood monitoring BEHAVIORAL

mobile app that provides guided mindfulness exercises in addition to prompting for mood monitoring three times per day

MIndfulness Plus Mood Monitoring

Mood monitoring BEHAVIORAL

mobile app that prompts for mood monitoring three times per day

Mood Monitoring Only

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• enrolled first-year student at university

You may not qualify if:

• serious suicidal concerns

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Lawrence University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Lawrence University

Appleton, Wisconsin, 54911, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depression; Anxiety Disorders; Self-Injurious Behavior; Rumination Syndrome

Interventions

Mindfulness

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Mental Disorders; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Digestive System Diseases; Feeding and Eating Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Lori M Hilt, PhD

  Lawrence University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2024
• First Posted: April 4, 2024
• Study Start: January 2, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 7, 2020
• Study Completion: June 17, 2020
• Last Updated: April 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)