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Implementation and evaluation of ACT for Health, an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based prevention program to promote students' mental health - A single-arm pilot study with peer-to-peer coaching

Not Applicable
Conditions
Psychological distress of university students
Registration Number
DRKS00034073
Lead Sponsor
Zentrum für Integrative Psychiatrie gGmbH
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
9
Inclusion Criteria

Students with native German language skills who are in the Psychotherapy master's program at the University of Lübeck and are interested in a research internship with accompanying ACT training in the form of ACT for Health; To carry out the research internship, the formal requirements for carrying out the research internship required for the degree program must be fulfilled

Exclusion Criteria

Students who, despite meeting the inclusion criteria, have no opportunity to regularly participate in the ACT for Health training

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in psychological flexibility at the end of the ACT for Health training, which is recorded using specific questionnaires (Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II (AAQ-II) and Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI)). The assessments are scheduled at baseline, mid-training (4 weeks after the start of training), post-training (1 week after the end of training) and at follow-up (5 weeks and 13 weeks after the end of training).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in psychological stress, ability to regulate emotions, health-related quality of life, psychological resilience and self-compassion at the end of the ACT for Health training, which are also measured using specific questionnaires that have proven to be valid and reliable for measuring the constructs (e.g. DASS-21, SEK-27, SF12v2, SCS-SF). The assessments are scheduled at baseline, mid-training (4 weeks after the start of training), post-training (1 week after the end of training) and at follow-up (5 weeks and 13 weeks after the end of training).
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