Implementation and evaluation of "ACT for Health", an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based prevention program to promote students' mental health - A single-arm pilot study with peer-to-peer coaching

Implementation and evaluation of "ACT for Health", an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-based prevention program to promote students' mental health - A single-arm pilot study with peer-to-peer coaching - ACT for Health - Peer Health Coaches Pilotstudy

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00034073

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-02

Start date

2024-05-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-12-08

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Conditions

Psychological distress of university students

Interventions

Group 1: Healthy students who receive training in 10 sessions using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to promote mental flexibility by peer health coaches

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Students with native German language skills who are in the "Psychotherapy" master's program at the University of Lübeck and are interested in a research internship with accompanying ACT training in the form of "ACT for Health"; To carry out the research internship, the formal requirements for carrying out the research internship required for the degree program must be fulfilled

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Students who, despite meeting the inclusion criteria, have no opportunity to regularly participate in the "ACT for Health" training

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in psychological flexibility at the end of the "ACT for Health" training, which is recorded using specific questionnaires (Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II (AAQ-II) and Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI)). The assessments are scheduled at baseline, mid-training (4 weeks after the start of training), post-training (1 week after the end of training) and at follow-up (5 weeks and 13 weeks after the end of training).	—

Measure

Time frame

Change in psychological flexibility at the end of the "ACT for Health" training, which is recorded using specific questionnaires (Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II (AAQ-II) and Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI)). The assessments are scheduled at baseline, mid-training (4 weeks after the start of training), post-training (1 week after the end of training) and at follow-up (5 weeks and 13 weeks after the end of training).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in psychological stress, ability to regulate emotions, health-related quality of life, psychological resilience and self-compassion at the end of the "ACT for Health" training, which are also measured using specific questionnaires that have proven to be valid and reliable for measuring the constructs (e.g. DASS-21, SEK-27, SF12v2, SCS-SF). The assessments are scheduled at baseline, mid-training (4 weeks after the start of training), post-training (1 week after the end of training) and at follow-up (5 weeks and 13 weeks after the end of training).	—

Measure

Time frame

Changes in psychological stress, ability to regulate emotions, health-related quality of life, psychological resilience and self-compassion at the end of the "ACT for Health" training, which are also measured using specific questionnaires that have proven to be valid and reliable for measuring the constructs (e.g. DASS-21, SEK-27, SF12v2, SCS-SF). The assessments are scheduled at baseline, mid-training (4 weeks after the start of training), post-training (1 week after the end of training) and at follow-up (5 weeks and 13 weeks after the end of training).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnja Schaich

Zentrum für Integrative Psychiatrie gGmbH

anja.schaich@uksh.de045150098757

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026