The Efficacy and Mechanism of Online Positive Psychological Intervention (PPI) on Improving Well-Being Among Chinese University Students: A Pilot Study of the Best Possible Self (BPS) Intervention

Auyeung, Larry; Mo, Phoenix K. H.

doi:10.1007/s10902-018-0054-4

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“…Approximately half of the studies (n=44 [42-48,50,53,55,56,58-61,63,65,66,72,73, 76-78,81,87-90,93,95,98,99,101-104,106,108,110,116-118, 122,125]) targeted undergraduate students exclusively. Most studies included were focused on either universal prevention programs (n=36 [43,48,53,54,63-67,70-73,75-78,90,91, 94,95,97,99,100,102,106-108,110-112,114,118,119,125,126]), or on treatment intervention programs (n=22 [41,49,50,52, 58,69,74,79,80,83-86,88,89,92,98,113,117,120,122,127]).…”

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“…The majority of these studies (n=46 [43-48,51-55,57-59, 62,65-67,69,72,76-78,86,87,113,116,119,120,122,124-127,131]) took place in the United States. As seen in Multimedia Appendix 2, several studies also took place in the United Kingdom (n=6 [60,73,75,80,96,114]), Ireland (n=5 [83-85,117,123]), Australia (n=5 [50,61,74,109,115]), Canada (n=5 [42,49,81,102,103]), and China (n=5 [70,71,89,91,100]).…”

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“…A total of 71 studies utilized a Web-based technology ([42-44, 46,49,50,53-55,57,59-88,90,91,94,96-101,103-110,112,113,115-121, 123-126,128]), and 8 studies utilized interventions delivered via mobile phone (app-based programs and short message service–based programs) [52,56,59,95,101,102,114,129]. Furthermore, 11 studies utilized offline computer-based programs [41,45,47,51,52,89,92,93,105,111,127], and 3 studies focused on virtual reality programs [58,111,122].…”

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“…The majority of interventions studied offered some level of support or guidance to users—many of these interventions featured coaching from a human (n=33 [41,49-51,58 ,62-66,69,71,73,74,76,79,82-88,94,101,104,105,107,116,122,123,128,129]), whereas others featured automated support (n=18 [44,48, 53,57,59,67,70,77,91,98-101,106,108,112,113,115]), such as prescripted emails. Several studies examined self-guided interventions (n=33 [42,43,45,46,52,54-56,60,61,68,72,75,78, 80,81,89,90,92,93,95,97,102,103,109-111,114,118,119,121,124,125]) in which the participants only had contact with the study staff for research assessments; few studies focused on technology as an adjunct to therapy (n=5 [47,86,100,120,126]), 2 studies provided peer support [96,117], and 1 study had an unclear presence of support (n=1 [127]).…”

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“…As seen in Multimedia Appendix 3, the majority of studies reported that the digital mental health intervention(s) of interest were either effective (eg, improvements were observed in all main outcomes; n=42 [41,42,45,47-51,54,56,57,59,60,62,63, 68,71,78,79,84-89,92,93,100,101,103,112,113,115,120,122,123,125, 127,128,131]) or partially effective (eg, improvements were observed in some main outcomes; n=30 [43,44,52,53,58,61, 65,67,69,70,72-77,80-82,90,91,94-97,99,102,108, 111,124]) in producing beneficial changes in the main psychological outcome variables. A minority of studies reported on interventions that were not effective (n=10 [46,55,64,66,98,114,117]) or did not report on psychological outcomes and focused on program usage or usability (n=6 [116,118,119,121,126,129]).…”

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Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression, Anxiety, and Enhancement of Psychological Well-Being Among College Students: Systematic Review

Lattie¹,

Adkins²,

Winquist³

et al. 2019

J Med Internet Res

537

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Background College students are increasingly reporting common mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, and they frequently encounter barriers to seeking traditional mental health treatments. Digital mental health interventions, such as those delivered via the Web and apps, offer the potential to improve access to mental health treatment. Objective This study aimed to review the literature on digital mental health interventions focused on depression, anxiety, and enhancement of psychological well-being among samples of college students to identify the effectiveness, usability, acceptability, uptake, and adoption of such programs. Methods We conducted a systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines (registration number CRD42018092800), and the search strategy was conducted by a medical research librarian in the following databases: MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Elsevier), PsycINFO (EbscoHost), the Cochrane Library (Wiley), and Web of Science (Thomson Reuters) from the date of inception to April 2019. Data were synthesized using a systematic narrative synthesis framework, and formal quality assessments were conducted to address the risk of bias. Results A total of 89 studies met the inclusion criteria. The majority of interventions (71/89, 80%) were delivered via a website, and the most common intervention was internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (28, 31%). Many programs (33, 37%) featured human support in the form of coaching. The majority of programs were either effective (42, 47%) or partially effective (30, 34%) in producing beneficial changes in the main psychological outcome variables. Approximately half of the studies (45, 51%) did not present any usability or acceptability outcomes, and few studies (4, 4%) examined a broad implementation of digital mental health interventions on college campuses. Quality assessments revealed a moderate-to-severe risk of bias in many of the studies. Conclusions Results suggest that digital mental health interventions can be effective for improving depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being among college students, but more rigorous studies are needed to ascertain the effective elements of these interventions. Continued research on improving the user experience of, and thus user engagement with, these programs appears vital for the sustainable implementation of digital mental health interventions on college campuses.

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Happiness-Enhancing Strategies Among Indians

Midha

Singh

2023

Religious and Spiritual Practices in India

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The efficacy and mechanism of positive psychological intervention on well-being for colostomy patients: a randomized controlled trial

Jin

Wang

et al. 2022

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To evaluate the e cacy and mechanism of positive psychological intervention (PPI) on the psychological capital, psychological distress, and life satisfaction among colostomy patients. MethodsPatients (n=120) with permanent stomas were recruited and randomly assigned into two groups. Patients in the experimental group (n=60) received standard care and PPI, whereas patients in the control group (n=60) only received standard care. The psychological capital, psychological distress, and life satisfaction were measured and compared between two groups before the intervention, the immediate post-intervention, and follow-up. ResultsAll 120 patients completed the study. The hope, optimism, resilience, psychological distress, and life satisfaction score of the experimental group were signi cantly higher than those of the control group at T1 and T2 (P<0.05). Self-e cacy score of the experimental group had no signi cant difference at the two-time points after the intervention than the control group (P>0.05). Changes in hope and resilience which belong to psychological capital mediated the intervention's e cacy on changes in PPI on life satisfaction (β = 0.265, P=0.005; β = 0.686, P=0.002). ConclusionsPPI could effectively improve psychological capital, psychological distress, and life satisfaction among patients with stomas. Besides, our ndings add novel support that increased hope and resilience are the active ingredients that promote intervention change.in thinking about a person's positive future and formulating ways to achieve goals, we believe it makes sense that increased psychological capital, including self-e cacy, hope, optimism, and resilience, mediates the effects of PPI on well-being. And these mediating variables may occur simultaneously with changes in well-being.Therefore, the main purpose of our study is to examine the e cacy of PPI on improving well-being (i.e., increasing life satisfaction and decreasing psychological stress) among patients with a stoma. In addition, we considered that psychological capital is the mediating active ingredient of PPI to improve life satisfaction and reduce psychological stress, thus, our secondary purpose is to examine the e cacy of the PPI in increasing psychological capital (selfe cacy, hope, optimism, and resilience). Finally, in order to better understand the psychological processes that make a PPI e cacious, this study would use Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to explore the action mechanism of a speci c intervention in increasing well-being. Methods DesignWe conducted a single-blinded, double-arm parallel, randomized controlled trial in a general hospital in northern China from 1 January 2019-1 January 2020. This trial was approved by the human research ethics committee of the hospital, and it was registered at Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (Registration No. ChiCTR2100052179).Sample size G*Power 3.1.3 was employed to estimate the sample size. Referencing a study on the effect of PPI on the well-being of breast cancer patients [18], we took the power of 0.8 with an ...

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The Efficacy and Mechanism of Online Positive Psychological Intervention (PPI) on Improving Well-Being Among Chinese University Students: A Pilot Study of the Best Possible Self (BPS) Intervention

Cited by 44 publications

References 134 publications

Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression, Anxiety, and Enhancement of Psychological Well-Being Among College Students: Systematic Review

Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression, Anxiety, and Enhancement of Psychological Well-Being Among College Students: Systematic Review

Happiness-Enhancing Strategies Among Indians

The efficacy and mechanism of positive psychological intervention on well-being for colostomy patients: a randomized controlled trial

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