Optimizing Daily Mindfulness Interventions Using Peer Support to Increase Well-Being in First-Year Students
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- OMI, OMI+, Control Group
- Sponsor
- Pitzer College
- Enrollment
- 180
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Marcus Rodriguez
Co-PI
Pitzer College
Eligibility Criteria
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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- Sample Attrition(Baseline to Day 46)
- PERMA (Overall Well Being)(Day 0-46)