Enhancing Mood Among Graduate Students: Evaluation of a Brief, Phone-Administered Behavioral Intervention
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 66
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in stress, as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale total score
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of the current study is to test the efficacy of two brief, behavioral interventions intended to improve burnout among doctoral-level graduate students (n = 102). Specifically, individuals will be randomly assigned to one of three intervention conditions: 1) Reward: a brief intervention to help participants increase engagement in healthy and rewarding values-driven behaviors, 2) Approach: a brief intervention to help participants identify and decrease emotion-driven avoidance of important goals, or 3) Control: a control condition that involves monitoring only. Multilevel modeling will be used to assess changes in burnout, mood, and stress, following the interventions, controlling for participants' individual baseline levels of these variables.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Currently enrolled in any in-person (not online) Ph.D. program in the state of North Carolina
- •Demonstrating above average levels of burnout
- •Has regular access to the Internet
- •Has a Social Security Number
- •Is able to read and understand English
排除标准
- •Current mania or psychosis
- •Current suicidal ideation
- •Are currently in psychotherapy, have been in psychotherapy in the past 8 weeks, or are planning to start psychotherapy during the course of the 10-day study
- •Have had any changes in psychiatric medications in the past 8 weeks, are not taking medications as prescribed or are planning to change medications during the course of the 10-day study
- •Are currently taking benzodiazepines Pro Re Nata (PRN)
- •Are under 18 years old
研究组 & 干预措施
Reward
A brief, phone-administered intervention designed to help graduate students increase the number of pleasant and rewarding activities in their daily lives.
干预措施: Reward (Behavioral)
Approach
A brief, phone-administered intervention designed to help graduate students block procrastination and avoidance and to approach important activities they are currently avoiding.
干预措施: Approach (Behavioral)
Monitoring
Participants will monitor their current behaviors, mood, and burnout with no directed intervention to change behavior
结局指标
主要结局
Change in stress, as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale total score
时间窗: baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10)
Self-report questionnaire assessing stress
Change in burnout, as measured by the School Burnout Inventory total score
时间窗: baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10)
Self-report questionnaire assessing burnout
次要结局
- Change in avoidance, as measured by the Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire total score(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in mastery, as measured by the Pearlin Personal Mastery Scale total score(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in mood, as measured by the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule total scores for Positive and Negative Affect(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in reward, as measured by the Environmental Reward Observation Scale total score(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in behavioral activation, as measured by the Activation sub-scale of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in functional impairment, as measured by the Modified Work and Social Adjustment Scale total score(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in quality of life, as measured by the WHOQOL-BREF total score(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in depression symptoms, as measured by the General Depression scale of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in mastery, as measured by the average of the daily Importance ratings of activities (0-10) on the Daily Activities Monitoring Form(baseline (days 0-3) and intervention (days 3-10))
- Change in avoidance, as measured by the total score of the Avoidance/Rumination sub-scale of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale(baseline (day 0) and post-intervention (day 10))
- Change in environmental reward, as measured by the average of the daily Pleasure ratings of activities (0-10) on the Daily Activities Monitoring Form(baseline (days 0-3) and intervention (days 3-10))