Single Session Intervention to Prevent Common Mental Disorders and Among College Students

University of Nevada, Reno

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression, Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Growth Mindset and Modifiable Risk Factor Information; Behavioral: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04267068

1219218

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study aims to determine the effect of presenting psychoeducation emphasizing "growth-mindset," and information on depression and anxiety symptom severity. The investigators hypothesize that psychoeducation emphasizing that mental health is malleable will increase the participant's engagement with risk factors outlined in the intervention

Full description

Depression and anxiety disorders (or common mental disorders; CMDs) are increasingly common among college students, with rates comparable to the general population. As such, brief, scalable and transdiagnostic prevention efforts targeting CMDs are needed. In order to address this need, this study aims to evaluate the impact of a single session intervention (SSI) utilizing growth mindset (GM) on CMD symptom severity and investigate the mediating role of changes in modifiable risk factors in the relationship between intervention and CMD symptom reduction. The intervention will adapt existing GM interventions for college students to engage mechanisms in the prevention and management of common mental disorders including engagement in modifiable risk factors. College students will be randomly assigned to complete either a GM intervention or a psychoeducation control.

Enrollment: 375 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 26 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 17-26
• College student at the University of Nevada, Reno

Exclusion criteria

• Under the age of 17, over the age of 26
• Participated in pilot study
• Not a college student at the University of Nevada, Reno

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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375 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Online growth mindset interactive article followed by equal length interactive article describing the relationship between modifiable risk factors (MRF) and mental health outcomes

Treatment:

Behavioral: Growth Mindset and Modifiable Risk Factor Information

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Online daily activity scheduling interactive article (control)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control