Understanding Long-Term Trajectories in Web-Based Happiness Interventions: Secondary Analysis From Two Web-Based Randomized Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A critical issue in understanding the benefits of Web-based interventions is the lack of information on the sustainability of those benefits. Sustainability in studies is often determined using group-level analyses that might obscure our understanding of who actually sustains change. Person-centric methods might provide a deeper knowledge of whether benefits are sustained and who tends to sustain those benefits.

Objective

The aim of this study was to conduct a person-centric analysis of longitudinal outcomes, examining well-being in participants over the first 3 months following a Web-based happiness intervention. We predicted we would find distinct trajectories in people's pattern of response over time. We also sought to identify what aspects of the intervention

SUBMITTER: Sanders CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6592489 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature