Examining State Affective and Cognitive Outcomes Following Brief Mobile Phone-Based Training Sessions to Reduce Anxious Interpretations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rates of stress and anxiety are alarmingly high in university communities, but most people do not receive treatment. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions show promise to improve psychological symptoms and increase access to interventions, but little is known about their effects in the moment. The present study evaluated the short-term impact of brief mHealth sessions to determine which intervention features are associated with the greatest momentary self-reported improvements.

Methods

Participants (N = 100 undergraduate students, graduate students, and university staff members) completed brief training sessions 1-2 times daily of Hoos Think Calmly, a new mobile application for the university community that uses Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretatio

SUBMITTER: Petz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12890198 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature