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Storytelling and Mindfulness for Graduate Student Wellbeing

NCT05826860 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2026-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate an intervention for improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) graduate student wellbeing. Participants will be recruited from the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student body. Data will be collected from participants for up to 2 years, and the investigators anticipate that the study will last for 4 years.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Practice

Participants follow guided meditations in the Healthy Minds Program (HMP) mobile phone app for at least 15 min per day, for a total of 14 days.

BEHAVIORAL

Storytelling Workshop

Participants attend 1 (120 min) workshops, teaching them creative writing tools and giving them opportunities to apply those tools.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jo Handelsman, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-10
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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