Positive Prospective Mental Imagery Characteristics in Young Adults and Their Associations with Depressive Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Positive prospective mental imagery plays an important role in mental well-being, and depressive symptoms have been associated with difficulties in generating positive prospective mental images (PPMIs). We used a mobile app to gather PPMIs generated by young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and analyzed content, characteristics, and associations with depressive symptoms.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial with 95 healthy young adults allocated into two groups (intervention and control). Participants used the mobile app decreasing mental health symptoms for seven consecutive days. Fifty participants in the intervention group reported PPMIs at least three times per day using a mobile app inducing PPMI generation. We categorized

SUBMITTER: Marciniak MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10140715 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature