Low-effort internet intervention to reduce students' stress delivered with Meta's Messenger chatbot (Stressbot): A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: In order to be more accessible and overcome the challenges of low adherence and high dropout, self-guided internet interventions need to seek new delivery formats. In this study, we tested whether a widely-adopted social media app - Meta's (Facebook) Messenger - would be a suitable conveyor of such an internet intervention. Specifically, we verified the efficacy of Stressbot: a Messenger chatbot-delivered intervention focused on enhancing coping self-efficacy to reduce stress and improve quality of life in university students. Participants (N = 372) were randomly assigned to two conditions: (1) an experimental group with access to the Stressbot intervention, and (2) a waitlist control group. Three outcomes, namely coping self-efficacy, stress, and quality of life, were assessed at t

SUBMITTER: Maciejewski J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10413073 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature