Mental Health App for College Student Well-being
This study is looking into whether an AI-powered mental health app, called Landing Place, can help college students improve their well-being. The app offers activities like mindfulness, goal setting, journaling, and mood tracking. Researchers want to see if using this app can increase well-being and if students will use it often. To do this, they will compare two groups of Penn State Behrend students: one group will use the app for 4 weeks, and the other will not. The study will measure changes in well-being related to attention, cognitive functioning, quality of life, and mental health symptoms over 5 weeks. The study is currently recruiting 160 participants.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study where participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will use the mental health app, and the other will not.
- What's involved
- If you are in the app group, you would use the Landing Place app almost every day for 4 weeks. Your well-being will be measured from enrollment to the end of the intervention at 5 weeks.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your well-being will be measured for 5 weeks, from when you join the study until the end of the intervention.
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Mental Health App and Impact on Wellbeing
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Where it's being run
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What this trial measures
- Well-being related to Attention and Cognitive FunctioningFrom enrollment to the end of intervention at 5 weeks
Attention-related symptoms will be assessed using the DSM-5-TR Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Measure, a self-report scale evaluating attentional functioning. Scores vary by subscale, with higher scores indicating greater symptom severity.
- Well-being related to Health-related quality of lifeFrom enrollment to the end of the intervention at 5 weeks
Health-related quality of life will be measured using the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36). The instrument generates domain scores ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better perceived health and well-being.
- Well-being related to Mental Health Symptom SeverityFrom enrollment to the end of the intervention at 5 weeks
Mental health symptom severity will be assessed using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales - 21 Items (DASS-21), a self-report instrument measuring symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Scores range from 0 to 63, with higher scores indicating greater symptom severity.
- Well-being related to Functional ImpairmentFrom enrollment to the end of the intervention at 5 weeks
Functional impairment will be evaluated using the Brief Functional Impairment Scale - Long Form (BFIS-LF), which assesses impairment across daily functioning domains. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater functional impairment.