Trial reportPloS one2024
Effects of a digital self-efficacy training in stressed university students: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05617248 (Feasibility and Efficacy of a Brief Digital Self-efficacy Training in University Students With Self-reported Elevated Stress), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Feasibility and Efficacy of a Brief Digital Self-efficacy Training in University Students With Self-reported Elevated Stress: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Distinct trajectories of perceived control over aversive stimulation predict affective reactions to stressors over and above objective control.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Psychometric Evaluation of Ecological Momentary Assessment Items for Mood in a Non-Clinical Sample.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- The digital well-being among learners in higher education: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Digital application competence among adults with disabilities in South Korea: associations with latent profiles of digital attitudes and digital self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The second digital divide mediates the association between parental rearing style and depression, anxiety and their comorbidity among college students: a latent profile and mediation analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Peer mentorship for physically injured veterans in healthcare settings during ongoing military conflict: benefits and barriers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Understanding resilience in medical interns through ecological momentary assessments, predictive modelling, and topic analysis.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Development of Powerly, unguided mobile app intervention preventing postpartum depression and anxiety & study protocol of randomized clinical trial.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- Relationships Between First-Year Student Resilience and Academic Stress.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of momentary stress on autobiographical memory recall in a self-efficacy intervention.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveSelf-efficacy is associated with positive mental health outcomes. We developed and tested a digital self-efficacy training for daily recall of autobiographical self-efficacy memories (e.g., memories of successfully overcoming a personal challenge).
methodIn this randomized controlled trial, we investigated the effects of the week-long digital self-efficacy training on key mental health outcomes, including anxiety, stress, and hopelessness, and on self-efficacy in 93 university students (mean age 23.3 years, SD: 3.49) with elevated self-reported stress levels. Participants completed either the self-efficacy training combined with ecological momentary assessment (EMA) (training group) or EMA only (control group).
resultsWe found significantly reduced hopelessness and trait anxiety in the training group compared to the control group at post-assessment (one day post intervention). Effects on ratings of self-efficacy at post-assessment were also significant when controlling for baseline self-efficacy.
conclusionsThis stand-alone digital self-efficacy training was significantly associated with a number of positive effects on outcomes compared to a control condition, including reduced hopelessness, trait anxiety, and increased self-efficacy. Future work is needed to replicate and investigate the long-term effects of the training and explore its implementation in clinical populations.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05617248.
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