Storytelling and Mindfulness for Graduate Student Wellbeing

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-10

Study Completion Date

2027-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate an intervention for improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) graduate student wellbeing. Participants will be recruited from the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student body. Data will be collected from participants for up to 2 years, and the investigators anticipate that the study will last for 4 years.

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Detailed Description

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The objective of this research is to evaluate the utility of storytelling and mindfulness practice in improving wellbeing in STEM graduate students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does engaging in mindfulness practice and storytelling increase measures of wellbeing in this population?
2. Does engaging in mindfulness practice and storytelling increase measures of academic success?

Participants will be asked to:

* complete a survey evaluating wellbeing and academic success
* attend 2 storytelling workshops
* use a guided mindfulness mobile app for 2 weeks

Researchers will compare survey results from participants in the control group (no intervention, survey only) to those from participants in the intervention group (workshops, mindfulness, and survey) to see if the measures of wellbeing and academic success differ between groups.

Conditions

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Depression Anxiety Burnout, Student

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control group

Survey only, no mindfulness/storytelling intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention group

Mindfulness and storytelling workshop intervention plus survey

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness Practice

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants follow guided meditations in the Healthy Minds Program (HMP) mobile phone app for at least 15 min per day, for a total of 14 days.

Storytelling Workshop

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants attend 2 (90 min) workshops, teaching them creative writing tools and giving them opportunities to apply those tools.

Interventions

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Mindfulness Practice

Participants follow guided meditations in the Healthy Minds Program (HMP) mobile phone app for at least 15 min per day, for a total of 14 days.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Storytelling Workshop

Participants attend 2 (90 min) workshops, teaching them creative writing tools and giving them opportunities to apply those tools.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 or older
* Current graduate student in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) field at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
* No significant experience with mindfulness practice