Trial reportDepression and anxiety2020
A pragmatic clinical trial examining the impact of a resilience program on college student mental health.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Mobile Mindfulness Meditation on the Mental Health of University Students: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
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- Self-Reported Mental Health History and Self-Reported Coping Behaviours in Biomedicine Students-Exploring Associations with Healthy Lifestyle and Resilience.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Resilience displays similar associative patterns with academic achievement regardless of the personality and mental health profile of future teachers.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- A scoping review of nursing interventions of improving resilience among university students during online learning.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Family Functioning, Emotional Intelligence, Loneliness, Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms among Undergraduate Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Mediating roles of sleep quality and resilience in the relationships between chronotypes and mental health symptoms.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Research on the intervention effect of Five-Element Music combined with Eight-Section Brocade on depression among medical students in higher vocational colleges.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Types of Digital Mindfulness: Improving Mental Health Among College Students - A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Facilitating the coping and development of college students with mental disorders: a positive clinical psychology approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Web-Based Physical Activity Interventions to Promote Resilience and Mindfulness Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy by Nurses in Reducing Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on Children as Victims of Violence: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mindfulness Intervention for Improving Psychological Wellbeing Among Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Potential resilience treatments for orangutans (Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2023Article
- Digital Therapy: Alleviating Anxiety and Depression in Adolescent Students During COVID-19 Online Learning - A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- The Effect of Child Trauma on the Relation between Psychological Well-Being and Depressive Symptoms in Chilean University Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A scoping review and evaluation of instruments used to measure resilience among post-secondary students.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- First-onset major depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: A predictive machine learning model.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- Influencing factors, prediction and prevention of depression in college students: A literature review.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Review
- The Developmental Trajectory of a Decade of Research on Mental Health and Well-Being amongst Graduate Students: A Bibliometric Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundOne in three college students experience significant depression or anxiety interfering with daily functioning. Resilience programs that can be administered to all students offer an opportunity for addressing this public health problem. The current study objective was to assess the benefit of a brief, universal resilience program for first-year college students.
methodFirst-year students at a private, midwestern university participated. This trial used a pragmatic design, delivering the intervention within university-identified orientation courses and was not randomized. The four-session resilience program included goal-building, mindfulness, and resilience skills. The comparison was orientation-as-usual. Primary outcomes included PROMIS® Depression and Anxiety and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Secondary and exploratory outcomes included the Perceived Stress Scale, Emotion Regulation, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Skills Questionnaires, and Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory. Time by treatment interactions at post-training and semester-end were examined using linear mixed models.
resultsAnalysis included 252 students, 126 who completed resilience programming and a matched comparison sample. Resilience programming did not relate to improvements in depression at post-training (CI: -2.53 to 1.02; p = .404, d =-0.08), but did at semester-end (95% CI: -4.27 to -0.72; p = .006, d = -0.25) and improvements in perceived stress were observed at post-training (CI: -3.31 to -0.44; p = .011, d = -0.24) and semester-end (CI: -3.30 to -0.41; p = .013, d = -0.24). Emotion regulation, mindfulness, and CBT skills increased, with CBT skills mediating clinical improvements.
conclusionsUniversal implementation of a brief, resilience intervention may be effective for improving college student mental health.
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