High School Students' Preferences and Design Recommendations for a Mobile Phone-Based Intervention to Improve Psychological Well-Being: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young adults' mental health is characterized by relatively high rates of stress and anxiety and low levels of help-seeking behavior. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions could offer a cost-effective and readily available avenue to provide personalized support to young adults. More research needs to be directed at the development of mHealth interventions targeting youths specifically, as well as at determining how to reach young people and how to effectively intervene to improve psychological well-being.

Objective

The objective was to gather perceptions from high school students to inform the development of a prototype mHealth intervention aiming to promote psychological well-being.

Methods

A mixed methods design was used to (1) investigate high school stud

SUBMITTER: Mussener U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7381011 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature