基于移动应用程序的感恩干预对大学生心理健康的影响:随机对照试验
Chloë Fuller1, Silvia Marin-Dragu2,3, Ravishankar Subramani Iyer4
1Department of Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
|January 15, 2025
概括
一个感恩干预智能手机应用程序有效地减少了中度至重度症状的大学生抑郁,焦虑和压力. 应用程序使用频率与改善的心理福祉结果没有相关性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 数字健康数字健康
- 干预研究 干预研究
背景情况:
- 感恩干预旨在培养欣赏,但它们对心理健康的影响在不同的人群和方法中显示出不同的结果.
- 以前的研究表明,感恩干预措施的有效性有所变化,因此需要对特定应用和人口统计学进行进一步的研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估通过智能手机应用程序提供的感恩干预措施在提高大学生心理健康方面的有效性.
- 为了确定基于移动的感恩干预是否可以减轻学生群体的抑郁,焦虑和压力的症状.
主要方法:
- 采用了随机的实验设计,从基于网络的系统中招募本科生.
- 参与者完成了基线和干预后调查,测量了情绪健康和人格特征,包括抑郁,焦虑和压力,使用DASS-21.
- 干预组使用感恩应用程序进行日常练习,对照组使用移动传感应用程序在三周内被动收集数据.
主要成果:
- 一个56名学生的亚样本中,中度至重度的基线症状显示,干预后的抑郁,焦虑和压力显著减少 (科恩d=-0.68;P=.04).
- 整个样本,包括具有较低起始症状的样本,没有显著改善 (科恩d=0.16;P=.46).
- 应用程序使用频率与亚样本或完整样本中心理幸福感的变化没有相关性.
结论:
- 感恩干预智能手机应用程序可以对经历中度至严重心理困扰的大学生有益,改善抑郁,焦虑和压力的症状.
- 与感恩应用程序的参与程度没有影响观察到的幸福感结果.
- 临床医生可能会考虑整合感恩应用程序作为一个具有成本效益的,最低限度的指导精神健康支持困难的大学生,可能与其他治疗或等待名单上的人一起.
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