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Self-help Books for Student Mental Health

NCT03779412 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 109

Last updated 2020-03-24

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Summary

The goal of this study is to compare the efficacy and mechanisms of change of two self-help books for college student mental health in a randomized controlled trial. One book is based on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), and one is based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

This study will test the following hypotheses:

1. The ACT and MBSR books will both be feasible and acceptable with college students as evidenced by equivalently high satisfaction and engagement rates.
2. The ACT and MBSR books will be equally effective in improving mental health and well-being among college students.
3. The ACT book will produce larger improvements in valued action, and the MBSR book will produce larger improvements in mindfulness.
4. Valued action will be a stronger predictor of improvements in mental health in the ACT condition and mindfulness will be a stronger predictor of improvements in the mindfulness condition.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The Happiness Trap

Participants assigned to this condition will be asked to read this self-help book over an 8-week period.

BEHAVIORAL

A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook

Participants assigned to this condition will be asked to read this self-help book over an 8-week period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Utah State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Levin, PhD · Utah State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-07
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2019-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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