Growth Mindset Psychoeducation for Modifiable Risk Factors for CMD

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depression, Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: Growth mindset; Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: Modifiable risk factor (MRF) information

• Registration Number: NCT03707522
• Lead Sponsor: University of Nevada, Reno

Brief Summary

The present study aims to determine the effect of presenting psychoeducation emphasizing "growth-mindset," and information on modifiable risk factors (e.g., social contact, physical activity) on engagement with modifiable risk factors. The investigators hypothesize that psychoeducation emphasizing that mental health is malleable will increase the participant's engagement with risk factors outlined in the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-06-19
• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-10-14
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-16
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-21
• Study Completion: 2018-12-21
• Results First Submitted: 2019-04-15
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Results First Submitted QC: 2019-07-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-02
• Results First Posted: 2019-08-12
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 162

Inclusion Criteria

• College freshmen

Exclusion Criteria

• Not fluent in English

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control + MRF information	Control	Online daily activity scheduling interactive article (control) followed by equal length interactive article describing the relationship between modifiable risk factors and mental health outcomes
Growth mindset + MRF Information	Growth mindset	Online growth mindset interactive article followed by equal length interactive article describing the relationship between modifiable risk factors (MRF) and mental health outcomes
Control + Control	Control	2 doses online daily activity scheduling interactive article (control)
Growth mindset + MRF Information	Modifiable risk factor (MRF) information	Online growth mindset interactive article followed by equal length interactive article describing the relationship between modifiable risk factors (MRF) and mental health outcomes
Control + Growth mindset	Growth mindset	Online growth mindset interactive article followed by equal length online daily activity scheduling interactive article (control)
Control + MRF information	Modifiable risk factor (MRF) information	Online daily activity scheduling interactive article (control) followed by equal length interactive article describing the relationship between modifiable risk factors and mental health outcomes
Control + Growth mindset	Control	Online growth mindset interactive article followed by equal length online daily activity scheduling interactive article (control)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7; Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams & Lowe, 2006)	3 months	7-item scale, common, brief measure of anxiety symptom severity. Items consist of a 4-point Likert scale (0="Not at all" to 3="Nearly every day"). Minimum score is 0, maximum score is 21. Higher scores indicate greater anxiety symptom severity.
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Kroenke, Spitzer & Williams, 2001)	3 months	9-item questionnaire associated containing one item for each symptom of MDD as specified by the DSM. Items consist of a 4-point Likert scale (0="Not at all" to 3="Nearly every day"). Minimum score is 0, maximum score is 27. Higher scores indicate greater depression severity.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Substance Use Measure (Lee et al., 2015)	3 months	3-item substance use measure including frequency of alcohol use, cigarette use and drug use. Items are measured using a five-point Likert scale (1="never or not at all" to 5="almost always"). The scale is scored by summing items. Minimum score is 3, maximum score is 15. Higher scores indicate more frequent substance use.
Cognitive and Behavioral Avoidance Scale (CBAS, Ottenbreit & Dobson, 2003)	3 months	The scale contains 31 items assessing cognitive avoidance and behavioral avoidance of social and non-social avoidance. The scale uses a 5-item Likert scale (1="Not at all true for me" to 5="Extremely true for me"). Total scale range from 0-155. The behavioral social factor contains 8 items. Items are summed. Minimum score is 8, maximum score is 40. The cognitive nonsocial scale contains 10 items. Minimum score is 10. Maximum score is 50. The cognitive social subscale consists of 7 items. Minimum score is 7, maximum score is 35. The behavioral nonsocial subscale consists of 6 items. Minimum score is 6, maximum score is 30. Higher scores indicate higher levels of avoidance.
Positive Reframing; Brief COPE (B-COPE; Carver, 1997)	3 months	28-item scale assessing various dimensions of healthy and unhealthy coping. This include 14 subscales: self-distraction, active coping, denial, substance use, use of emotional support, use of instrumental support, behavioral disengagement, venting, positive reframing, planning, humor, acceptance, religion, and self-blame. Each subscale consists of two items. Subscales are scored by summing items. Scale consists of 4-item Likert scale (1="I haven't been doing this at all" to 4 "I've been doing this a lot"). Minimum score is 2, maximum score is 8 on each subscale. Higher scores indicate greater use of coping strategy. Positive reframing subscale was used.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Nevada, Reno; 🇺🇸 Reno, Nevada, United States