Optimizing Daily Mindfulness Interventions Using Peer Support to Increase Well-Being in First-Year Students

Not Applicable

• Conditions: OMI, OMI+, Control Group

• Registration Number: NCT04828291
• Lead Sponsor: Pitzer College

Brief Summary

This project aims to examine the effect of a self-guided, evidence-based, online mindfulness intervention on well-being among first-year undergraduates at the 5 Claremont Colleges (5C's) and graduate students in the community. Additionally, it explores the feasibility and efficacy of peer support (pairs) as an adjunctive treatment component to enhance engagement and treatment effects, including social-connectedness, well- being, academic outcomes, and anxiety. Findings will provide insight into effective ways to (1) support students at The Claremont Colleges, and (2) leverage technology and peer support to implement mental health initiatives that are cost-effective, easily transportable, and scalable in low-resource settings.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-02-03
• Primary Completion: 2020-08-31
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-31
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-02
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-02
• Study Completion: 2021-05-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

• all participants must be either a first-year undergraduate student or a graduate student. Participants must be 18 years or older.

Exclusion Criteria

• all participants must be either a first-year undergraduate student or a graduate student. Participants must be 18 years or older.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)	Baseline to Day 46	The FFMQ is a self-reported, instrument assessing mindfulness based on five factors that represent elements of mindfulness ( observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-judging of inner experience, and non-reactivity to inner experience). Possible scores range from 1 (never or very rarely true) to 5 (very often or always true).; Reference: Bohlmeijer, E., P. M. ten Klooster, et al. (2011). "Psychometric properties of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in depressed adults and development of a short form." Assessment 18(3): 308-320

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sample Attrition	Baseline to Day 46	Completion rate or drop out rate comparing OMI group versus OMI+ group in a 46 day longitudinal study.
PERMA (Overall Well Being)	Day 0-46	The self-reported measure consists of 23 items. The health, negative emotion, loneliness, and overall happiness questions act as filler questions and provide more information; for briefness, the 15 PERMA questions (3 per PERMA domain) could be used, but we recommend using the full measure.; Reference: Butler, J., \& Kern, M. L. (2016). The PERMA-Profiler: A brief multidimensional measure of flourishing. International Journal of Wellbeing, 6(3), 1-48. doi:10.5502/ijw.v6i3.1

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Claremont Graduate University; 🇺🇸 Claremont, California, United States