Tariq Asnea, Yang Yumeng, Liu Ziqiao, Wong Siu Ching, Gray Elaine, McLaughlin Angela L, Arthur Caden J, Chan Stella W Y
Charlie Waller Institute, School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6ES UK.
School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Curr Psychol. 2025;44(10):9112-9128. doi: 10.1007/s12144-025-07649-7. Epub 2025 Mar 31.
The well-being tool was designed through co-production with young people, combining soothing images from and literary quotes and music to produce a set of soothing videos. The present research was a pilot study evaluating its effects on mood states in university students. Specifically, it examined if the tool (intervention group) was more effective than viewing the soothing images from alone (control group) in producing positive mood changes. This study was conducted online with 151 Chinese university students (age = 22.77; = 0.23) both in and outside China. Standardised measures were used to assess the symptoms of depression, anxiety, personality traits and loneliness at the baseline phase. Changes in mood states were measured before and after the intervention. Repeated measure ANOVAs indicated that both groups showed reduced negative mood states (i.e., negative affect, depressive and anxious mood) and an increased serenity affect; however, there were no group differences. Correlation analyses suggested that higher levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms at baseline were associated with a greater reduction in depressive and anxious mood. Participants with a higher neuroticism score reported larger reductions in anxious mood states. These preliminary findings suggest that imagery-based tools/interventions can be beneficial in increasing positive mood and reducing negative mood in students, particularly in those with higher levels of baseline depressive and anxiety symptoms as well as those with higher vulnerability by virtue of neuroticism.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-025-07649-7.
幸福工具是通过与年轻人共同制作设计而成的，它将舒缓的图像、文学名言和音乐结合起来，制作出一系列舒缓的视频。本研究是一项试点研究，评估其对大学生情绪状态的影响。具体而言，它考察了幸福工具（干预组）在产生积极情绪变化方面是否比仅观看舒缓图像（对照组）更有效。这项研究在中国境内外对151名中国大学生（年龄 = 22.77；标准差 = 0.23）进行了在线调查。在基线阶段，使用标准化测量方法评估抑郁、焦虑症状、人格特质和孤独感。在干预前后测量情绪状态的变化。重复测量方差分析表明，两组的负面情绪状态（即消极情绪、抑郁和焦虑情绪）均有所降低，平静感有所增加；然而，两组之间没有差异。相关分析表明，基线时较高水平的抑郁和焦虑症状与抑郁和焦虑情绪的更大程度降低有关。神经质得分较高的参与者报告焦虑情绪状态的降低幅度更大。这些初步研究结果表明，基于图像的工具/干预措施可能有助于提高学生的积极情绪并降低消极情绪，特别是对于那些基线抑郁和焦虑症状水平较高以及因神经质而更易受影响的学生。
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