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ArticleInternet interventions2017

An early intervention to promote well-being and flourishing and reduce anxiety and depression: A randomized controlled trial.

Marijke Schotanus-Dijkstra, Constance H C Drossaert, Marcel E Pieterse, Brigitte Boon, Jan A Walburg, Ernst T Bohlmeijer

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Article in Internet interventions, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Flourishing and Self-Control in Adolescence: The Role of Perceived Parenting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marijke Schotanus-DijkstraTrimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Department of Public Mental Health, P.O. Box 725, 3500 AS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Constance H C DrossaertCenter for eHealth and Well-being Research, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Marcel E PieterseCenter for eHealth and Well-being Research, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Brigitte BoonTrimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Department of Public Mental Health, P.O. Box 725, 3500 AS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jan A WalburgCenter for eHealth and Well-being Research, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Ernst T BohlmeijerCenter for eHealth and Well-being Research, Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
University of Twente · NLTrimbos Institute · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is growing evidence that fostering mental well-being and flourishing might effectively prevent mental disorders. In this study, we examined whether a 9-week comprehensive positive self-help intervention with email support (TL-E) was effective in enhancing well-being and flourishing and decreasing anxiety and depressive symptoms in a non-clinical sample.

methodsA total of 275 participants with low or moderate well-being (mean age = 48 years, 86% female) were randomly assigned to a TL-E (

resultsRepeated measure analyses revealed significant more improvement on mental well-being ( LIMITATIONS: It is unknown whether results were influenced by the email support that accompanied the self-help intervention since TL-E was only compared to a wait-list condition. The generalizability of the findings is limited by the self-selected sample of mainly higher-educated women.

conclusionA guided positive self-help intervention might be considered as a new mental health promotion strategy because it has the potential to improve well-being up to the status of flourishing mental health, and to decrease anxiety and depressive symptomatology.

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AnxietyDepressionFlourishingMental health promotionMental well-beingSelf-help with Email support

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PMID30135833
PMCPMC6096189
OpenAlexW2608661422

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