Mobile Acceptance and Commitment Therapy With Distressed First-Generation College Students: Microrandomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extant gaps in mental health services are intensified among first-generation college students. Improving access to empirically based interventions is critical, and mobile health (mHealth) interventions are growing in support. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an empirically supported intervention that has been applied to college students, via mobile app, and in brief intervals.

Objective

This study evaluated the safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of an ACT-based mHealth intervention using a microrandomized trial (MRT) design.

Methods

Participants (N=34) were 18- to 19-year-old first-generation college students reporting distress, who participated in a 6-week intervention period of twice-daily assessments and randomization to intervention. Parti

SUBMITTER: Thomas EBK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227702 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature