APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

Brief App-Based Mindfulness and Mood Monitoring Interventions Reduce Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Urges to Self-Injure in First-Year College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Shreeja Vachhani
    Lawrence University
  • Nupur Vaghasia
    Lawrence University
  • Lori Hilt
    Lawrence University

Abstract

This RCT investigated the effects of a 3-week mindfulness mobile-app intervention compared to mood monitoring on first-year students’ psychological distress. Both groups showed large, significant reductions in depressive and anxiety symptoms and urges to self-injure that were not seen in an external control group and lasted throughout the 12-week follow-up.

Mindfulness and Meditation

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