Wellness Initiative at New York University
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Primary Endpoint
- Perceived Stress Scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effect on first-year college students of participation in a 14-week seminar course and residential housing wellness activities.
Detailed Description
WIN has been designed to enhance student wellness and personal success during college and after graduation from New York University. The program is grounded in the current understanding of adolescent and young adult development, neuroscience, and positive psychology and aims to increase resilience within students by building knowledge and skills in key areas proven to enhance wellness, including communication, executive functioning, social support, cognitive behavioral techniques, stress management, emotion regulation, and sense of purpose. WIN will achieve these aims by teaching this knowledge and skills to students in a class ("Risk and Resilience") and via participation in various activities within a residential Living and Learning Community. Students will not only receive training and support in establishing healthy exercise, nutrition, and sleep habits, students will also be taught core components of cognitive-behavior therapy, mindfulness, and organizational skills training.
In tandem with the implementation of WIN,the effectiveness of the program will be evaluated. A research study will offer benefits: first, it will provide the college with data for future estimations of student interest to assist in further expanding the scope of wellness; and second, it will provide the Child Study Center at NYU with the opportunity to explore the impact of teaching resilience skills to first-year college students and to modify, if appropriate course content to improve effectiveness.
A longitudinal study at NYU beginning in Fall of 2017 of 175 first-year students, who are randomly assigned to one of three conditions after consenting to participate in the research.
200 participants will be recruited during Spring and Summer of 2017 from the incoming first-year students who will begin classes in Fall 2017. It is anticipated that of the 200 enrolled via electronic assent prior to the beginning of the fall 2017 semester, some may not attend NYU and some may rethink the decision to participate and then not follow up with providing informed consent. As such, there will be over-enrolling via preliminary electronic assent so that the following enrollment can be achieved:
175 students will be assigned randomly into one of three conditions:
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •18 years old
- •a student at NYU (Ascertained by their nyu.edu email address)
- •residing in Founder's Hall (corroborated by NYU Housing)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Provided the potential participant has met the above inclusion criteria, there are no exclusion criteria.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: Change from Baseline to Immediate Post 5 months later; Change from Immediate Post to Follow-Ups (Follow-Ups begin 4 months after Post and continue annually for up to the next 36 months)
measures subjective experience of stress
Secondary Outcomes
- Interpersonal Communication Skills Inventory(Change from Baseline to Immediate Post 5 months later; Change from Immediate Post to Follow-Ups (Follow-Ups begin 4 months after Post and continue annually for up to the next 36 months))
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Skills Questionnaire(Change from Baseline to Immediate Post 5 months later; Change from Immediate Post to Follow-Ups (Follow-Ups begin 4 months after Post and continue annually for up to the next 36 months))
- Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(Change from Baseline to Immediate Post 5 months later; Change from Immediate Post to Follow-Ups (Follow-Ups begin 4 months after Post and continue annually for up to the next 36 months)))
- Beck Anxiety Inventory(Change from Baseline to Immediate Post 5 months later; Change from Immediate Post to Follow-Ups (Follow-Ups begin 4 months after Post and continue annually for up to the next 36 months))
- Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale(Change from Baseline to Immediate Post 5 months later; Change from Immediate Post to Follow-Ups (Follow-Ups begin 4 months after Post and continue annually for up to the next 36 months))
- Brief Cope(Change from Baseline to Immediate Post 5 months later; Change from Immediate Post to Follow-Ups (Follow-Ups begin 4 months after Post and continue annually for up to the next 36 months))
- American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment II(Change from Baseline to Immediate Post 5 months later; Change from Immediate Post to Follow-Ups (Follow-Ups begin 4 months after Post and continue annually for up to the next 36 months))