ArticleBMC psychiatry2021
Reducing worry and rumination in young adults via a mobile phone app: study protocol of the ECoWeB (Emotional Competence for Well-Being in Young Adults) randomised controlled trial focused on repetitive negative thinking.
Article in BMC psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04950257 (Evaluating the Effects of a Self-help Mobile Phone Application on Worry and Rumination Experienced by Young Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Evaluating the Effects of a Self-help Mobile Phone Application on Worry and Rumination Experienced by Young Adults: a Preventative Intervention for Depression and Anxiety
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluating the Effects of a Self-Help Mobile Phone App on Worry and Rumination Experienced by Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
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- The mediating effect of rumination and fear of missing out between mobile phone addiction and sleep quality among college students.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Fostering resilience and well-being in emerging adults with adverse childhood experiences: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the FACE self-help app.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Rumination-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Reduces Rumination and Targeted Cross-network Connectivity in Youth With a History of Depression: Replication in a Preregistered Randomized Clinical Trial.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2024Article
- Subjective and neural reactivity during savoring and rumination.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPromoting well-being and preventing poor mental health in young people is a major global priority. Building emotional competence skills via a mobile app may be an effective, scalable and acceptable way to do this. A particular risk factor for anxiety and depression is elevated worry and rumination (repetitive negative thinking, RNT). An app designed to reduce RNT may prevent future incidence of depression and anxiety. METHOD/
designThe Emotional Competence for Well-Being in Young Adults study developed an emotional competence app to be tested via randomised controlled trials in a longitudinal prospective cohort. This off-shoot study adapts the app to focus on targeting RNT (worry, rumination), known risk factors for poor mental health. In this study, 16-24 year olds in the UK, who report elevated worry and rumination on standardised questionnaires are randomised to (i) receive the RNT-targeting app immediately for 6 weeks (ii) a waiting list control who receive the app after 6 weeks. In total, the study will aim to recruit 204 participants, with no current diagnosis of major depression, bipolar disorder or psychosis, across the UK. Assessments take place at baseline (pre-randomisation), 6 and 12 weeks post-randomisation. Primary endpoint and outcome for the study is level of rumination assessed on the Rumination Response Styles Questionnaire at 6 weeks. Worry, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and well-being are secondary outcomes. Compliance, adverse events and potentially mediating variables will be carefully monitored. DISCUSSION: This trial aims to better understand the benefits of tackling RNT via an mobile phone app intervention in young people. This prevention mechanism trial will establish whether targeting worry and rumination directly via an app provides a feasible approach to prevent depression and anxiety, with scope to become a widescale public health strategy for preventing poor mental health and promoting well-being in young people.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov , NCT04950257 . Registered 6 July 2021 - Retrospectively registered.
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