Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Online Depression Prevention Intervention for College Students

Intervention Development and Pilot Study Results

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13025835
AutoresTracy R G Gladstone (0000-0002-2045-6959, Wellesley Centers for Women, autor correspondente), L Sophia Rintell (0009-0007-2261-5865, Boston Children's Hospital), Katherine R Buchholz (0000-0001-8062-0311, Wellesley Centers for Women), Taylor Myers (0000-0002-8223-2483, Wellesley Centers for Women)
Ano2021
Volume10
Fascículo10
Páginas398-398
Data de publicação2021-10-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci10100398
OpenAlexW3207316301
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas53

College and university students across the United States are experiencing increases in depressive symptoms and risk for clinical depression. As college counseling centers strive to address the problem through wellness outreach and psychoeducation, limited resources make it difficult to reach students who would most benefit. Technology-based prevention programs have the potential to increase reach and address barriers to access encountered by students in need of mental health support. Part 1 of this manuscript describes the development of the Willow intervention, an adaptation of the technology-based CATCH-IT depression prevention intervention using a community participatory approach, for use by students at a women’s liberal arts college. Part 2 presents data from a pilot study of Willow with N = 34 (mean age = 19.82, SD = 1.19) students. Twenty-nine participants (85%) logged onto Willow at least once, and eight (24%) completed the full intervention. Participants positively rated the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of Willow. After eight weeks of use, results suggested decreases in depressive symptoms (95% CI (0.46–3.59)), anxiety symptoms (95% CI (0.41–3.04)), and rumination (95% CI (0.45–8.18)). This internet-based prevention intervention was found to be acceptable, feasible to implement, and may be associated with decreased internalizing symptoms

Anxiety · Depression (economics · Intervention (counseling · Mental health · Outreach · Psychiatry · Psychoeducation · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology