Depression, Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
depression, college students, posttraumatic growth, meaning making, quality of life
Brief summary
The PI developed the Image Narrative Intervention (INI) based on the research using visual images in which visual images and narratives were found to support trauma survivors in narrating their experiences and in meaning making. The proposed study is the first study to test the therapeutic effect of the INI program. The investigators propose to assess, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the feasibility and preliminary effect of the INI through a pilot randomized control trial (RCT) design with a wait list control.
Detailed description
AIM 1. To understand the unique experiences of emerging adult college students during the Covid-19 pandemic (especially around the themes of the self, relationships with others, and the future). AIM 2. To evaluate the feasibility of the INI for emerging adult college students during the Covid-19 pandemic, both quantitatively and qualitatively. AIM 3. To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the INI on distress, PTG, Quality of Life and Meaning-Making.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALImage Narrative
Each participant will take part in a 5-week program of weekly 1-hour telehealth sessions with the PI or a social work PhD student facilitator trained in the INI by the PI.
Sponsors
University of Utah
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 29 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 18-29 in age * college students at the University of Utah * reporting moderate or higher levels of distress in DASS21
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DASS (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale) 21 | change through study completion, an average of 3 months | measuring distress, 0-63, higher is worse |
| PTGI (posttraumatic growth index) | change through study completion, an average of 3 months | measuring posttraumatic growth, 0-105, higher is better |
| WHOQOL (WHO quality of life)-bref | change through study completion, an average of 3 months | measuring quality of life, 0-100, higher is better |
| MLQ (meaning in life) | change through study completion, an average of 3 months | measuring meaning making, 0-70, higher is better |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed