Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Mental Health Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Trials. 2023 Nov 8;24(1):713. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07748-5.
The university years are a developmentally crucial phase and a peak period for the onset of mental disorders. The beliefs about the changeability of negative emotion may play an important role in help-seeking. The brief digital growth mindset intervention is potentially scalable and acceptable to enhance adaptive coping and help-seeking for mental health needs in university students. We adapted the Single-session Intervention on Growth Mindset for adolescents (SIGMA) to be applied in university students (U-SIGMA). This protocol introduces a two-armed waitlist randomized controlled trial study to examine the effectiveness and acceptability of U-SIGMA in promoting help-seeking among university students in the Greater Bay Area.
University students (N = 250, ages 18-25) from universities in the Greater Bay Area will be randomized to either the brief digital growth mindset intervention group or the waitlist control group. Participants will report on the mindsets of negative emotions, perceived control over anxiety, attitude toward help-seeking, physical activity, hopelessness, psychological well-being, depression, anxiety, and perceived stress at baseline and the 2-week and 8-week follow-ups through web-based surveys. A 30-min digital intervention will be implemented in the intervention group, with a pre- and post-intervention survey collecting intervention feedback, while the control group will receive the link for intervention after 8 weeks.
This protocol introduces the implementation plan of U-SIMGA in multi-cities of the Greater Bay Area. The findings are expected to help provide pioneer evidence for the effectiveness and acceptability of the brief digital intervention for university students in the Chinese context and beyond and contribute to the development of accessible and effective prevention and early intervention for university students' mental health.
HKU Clinical Trials Registry: HKUCTR-3012; Registered 14 April 2023. http://www.hkuctr.com/Study/Show/7a3ffbc0e03f4d1eac0525450fc5187e .
大学阶段是个体发展的关键阶段，也是精神障碍发病的高峰期。对消极情绪可改变性的信念可能在寻求帮助方面发挥重要作用。简短的数字成长心态干预具有潜在的可扩展性和可接受性，可以增强大学生对心理健康需求的适应性应对和寻求帮助。我们改编了青少年单次成长心态干预（Single-session Intervention on Growth Mindset for adolescents，SIGMA），将其应用于大学生（U-SIGMA）。本方案介绍了一项双臂等待期随机对照试验研究，以检验 U-SIGMA 在促进大湾区大学生寻求帮助方面的有效性和可接受性。
来自大湾区大学的 250 名 18-25 岁的大学生将被随机分配到简短的数字成长心态干预组或等待名单对照组。参与者将通过网络调查报告负面情绪心态、对焦虑的控制感、寻求帮助的态度、身体活动、绝望感、心理幸福感、抑郁、焦虑和感知压力在基线以及 2 周和 8 周随访时的情况。干预组将实施 30 分钟的数字干预，在干预前后进行调查以收集干预反馈，而对照组将在 8 周后收到干预链接。
本方案介绍了 U-SIGMA 在大湾区多个城市的实施计划。研究结果有望为中国及其他地区大学生简短数字干预的有效性和可接受性提供开创性证据，并为大学生心理健康的可及性和有效性预防和早期干预做出贡献。
香港大学临床试验注册处：HKUCTR-3012；注册于 2023 年 4 月 14 日。http://www.hkuctr.com/Study/Show/7a3ffbc0e03f4d1eac0525450fc5187e。
