Mood Lifters Online for Graduate Students and Young Professionals

NCT ID: NCT05078450

Last Updated: 2024-12-06

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

362 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-22

Study Completion Date

2023-02-01

Brief Summary

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Mood Lifters is a revolutionary mental wellness program that teaches scientifically validated strategies in a supportive group setting. This study will test two new versions of the program designed specifically for graduate students and young professionals.

Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what the participants learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness. Additionally, participants will complete a series of measures (approx. 1-1.5 hours) prior to, at the end of the program, 1 month after the program and 6 months after the program.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Depression Anxiety Disorders Mood Disorders Mental Illness Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Graduate Student Program

This is the graduate student version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mood Lifters

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what they learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness.

Young Professional Program

This is the young professional version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mood Lifters

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what they learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness.

Waitlist

This is the waitlist. Participants may be randomly assigned here first. After the typical period fo the intervention on the waitlist (12 weeks), these participants will be invited to join the arm which they are most appropriate for (i.e., graduate student or young professional).

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Mood Lifters

Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what they learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants ages 22-32 (must identify as either a graduate student or a young professional)

Exclusion Criteria

* Active suicidality, mania, or psychosis
Minimum Eligible Age

22 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

32 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Patricia Deldin

Professor of Psychology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Garg T, Votta CM, Prakash N, Deldin PJ. An investigation into the effectiveness of Mood Lifters in the context of trauma exposure. Psychol Serv. 2024 Aug;21(3):518-528. doi: 10.1037/ser0000789. Epub 2023 Aug 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37616078 (View on PubMed)

Pokowitz EL, Prakash N, Planaj D, Oprandi S, Deldin PJ. Mood Lifters for Graduate Students and Young Adults: A Mixed-Methods Investigation into Mechanisms of Change in Online Group Therapy. Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Mar 20;14(3):252. doi: 10.3390/bs14030252.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38540555 (View on PubMed)

Prakash N, Votta CM, Deldin PJ. Treatment for graduate students: Blunting the emotional toll of postgraduate education. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2023 Dec;91(12):708-716. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000844. Epub 2023 Sep 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37732972 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HUM00163570

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id