Longitudinal interplay between subjective stress, anxiety, depression, and well-being in internet-based stress
Inga Truskauskaite1, Austeja Dumarkaite1, Auguste Nomeikaite1
1Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Background:
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) interventions are effective in reducing subjective stress. Nevertheless, the longitudinal links between mental health indicators are rarely studied in intervention research. Therefore, it is unknown how the intervention effects are sustained.
Aim:
The current study investigated mechanisms explaining sustained intervention effects in a sample of medical nurses who receive a CBT-based internet-delivered stress recovery program.
Method:
A single-group longitudinal study design with three measurement points, pre-test, post-test, and 3-month follow-up, was used in the current study. The sample consisted of nurses and assistant nurses from Lithuania (n=111, age: M (SD) = 41.69 years (10.85)) who had participated in a 6-week CBT internet intervention targeting stress recovery. Data were collected as the randomised control trial, the treatment samples were combined, and the data were analysed using cross-lagged panel analysis with four variables representing the psychological well-being and symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression.
Results:
The results revealed that decreased anxiety and increased psychological well-being at post-test predicted reduced stress levels at the 3-month follow-up. In addition, decreased anxiety at post-test predicted decreased depression at follow-up.
Conclusions:
Decreased anxiety and increased well-being could explain the sustainability of reduced stress following a CBT-based internet intervention for nurses. The implications of this for research and practice are discussed.
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