A Brief Online Mindfulness Intervention: An RCT Protocol

Summary

University students often experience emotional distress that originates from inside or outside academia, and for which treatment would be welcome. Research has shown that mindfulness can help people to reduce stress, anxiety and depression. Furthermore, a thinking style that focuses excessively on negative content (repetitive negative thinking; RNT) has consistently been found to be a mediator of the effects of mindfulness on decreasing stress, anxiety and depression. With this study, we want to 1) investigate the effects of mindfulness on stress, anxiety, depression, and RNT in Indonesian sample of undergraduate students and 2) investigate the mediating role of RNT.

Conditions

• Stress
• Anxiety
• Depression

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A brief (14-day) online mindfulness intervention

The content of the online mindfulness intervention is based on studies by Cavanagh et al. (2013, 2018). There is an approximately 10-minute audio tutorial that participants will listen to daily for 14 days. In the first week, participants will be instructed to apply their learned mindfulness skills to their daily activities. In the second week, they will continue practicing by learning to walk in a mindful manner.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation online

The online psychoeducation was modified from the study by Harrer et al (2019, 2021). This intervention consists of 14 audio tutorials about stress for 14 days, each lasting approximately 10 minutes. Additionally, there is a text version of each audio tutorial, which can be accessed by participants after listening to the audio.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Radboud University, The Netherlands

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ka Yan

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jan Spijker, Professor · Radboud University, Propersona Institute for Integrated Mental Health Care

• Ka Yan, Master · Universitas Kristen Maranatha-Indonesia, Radboud University-The Netherlands

• Cilia Witteman, Professor · Radboud University, The Netherlands

• Nessa Ikani, Doctor · Radboud University, Pro Persona, Tilburg University-The Netherlands

• Cleoputri Yusainy · Brawijaya University-Indonesia

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-03-03

Primary Completion

2025-08-31

Completion

2025-08-31

Countries

• Indonesia

Study Locations