Health behaviour interventions to improve mental health outcomes for students in the university setting: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 22(1)

Published: March 11, 2025

Abstract Background University students incur significantly elevated levels of stress compared to the general population and their non-student counterparts. Health risk behaviours are important modifiable determinants for onset aggravation various mental health disorders, in which, university generally exhibit poor engagement. Thus, this study aims determine efficacy behaviour interventions relation change outcomes, impact (i.e., penetration, fidelity, implementation), intervention characteristics associated with improved outcomes (efficacy) economic evaluation interventions. Methods Six electronic databases were searched randomised controlled trials (RCT) published from 1st January 2012 11th July 2023. Eligible RCTs included students, evaluated behavioural targeting (i.e. dietary intake, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, alcohol use, substance smoking, sleep) reported a both outcomes. Results Twenty-two met inclusion criteria. Overall, only seven studies effective improving most ( n = 4) focused on sleep behaviours. Insufficient evidence was found regarding impact, guide future implementation universities due inadequate reporting Conclusions There is limited also insufficient these setting.

Language: Английский

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The role of self-efficacy in internet-based interventions for mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Internet Interventions, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40, P. 100821 - 100821

Published: April 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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Positive mental imagery, emotion regulation and depressive symptoms in individuals with alcohol use disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: April 8, 2025

Emotion regulation, depressive symptoms and mental imagery have both been linked to alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, the association between these factors not investigated within a group of individuals with AUD. The primary aim this study was investigate associations emotion positive among AUD healthy controls (HCs). sample included 136 80 HCs. Severity assessed Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) dysregulation - Difficulties in Regulation Scale (DERS). Flexible (FlexER) used measure flexible regulation Prospective Imagery Task (PIT) assess imagery. Vividness significantly lower compared HC group, while emotional intensity higher group. Higher vividness associated flexibility groups. Emotional positively correlated but negatively In were severity symptoms. Enhancing abilities might be promising strategy treatment

Language: Английский

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Brief online negative affect focused functional imagery training (FIT) improves four-week drinking outcomes in hazardous student drinkers: A pilot randomised controlled trial replication in South Africa

Addictive Behaviors Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19, P. 100540 - 100540

Published: March 19, 2024

Previous study has shown that functional imagery training (FIT) to utilise positive mental in response negative affect could improve alcohol-related outcomes. The current aimed replicate whether this focused FIT would outcomes hazardous student drinkers South Africa at four-week follow-up. 50 who reported drinking cope with were randomised into two groups. active group (n = 25) was trained online over weeks respond personalised triggers by retrieving a adaptive strategy they might use mitigate affect, whereas the control received standard risk information about binge drinking. Outcome measures including alcohol consumption, motives, anxiety and depression, self-efficacy of protective behavioural strategies obtained baseline effects revealed three significant group-by-timepoint interactions per-protocol analysis: there decrease depressive symptoms, for social reasons from follow-up group, but not group. No observed on self-efficacy, behaviour anxiety. Preliminary evidence supports can depression as well coping motives African drank cope, follow-up, suggesting principles approach be adapted incorporated clinical intervention test efficacy mitigating substance problems.

Language: Английский

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The Role of Self-efficacy in Internet-based Interventions for Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Published: April 25, 2024

Introduction: Internet-based interventions (IBI) can increase access to evidence-based treatments for mental disorders, but knowledge of their mechanisms change is limited. Self-efficacy an important common factor psychotherapy and especially interesting in IBI given its self-help focus. We investigated self-efficacy as outcome, predictor/moderator, mediator disorders randomized controlled trials.Methods: A systematic search was conducted across PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL, Web Science. Two reviewers selected studies, extracted data, assessed bias. Effects were quantified using random effect models supplemented by narrative syntheses box score visualizations.Results: In total, 70 studies (N = 17407 participants) included. showed overall moderate effects on within between comparisons, with guided having the largest effect. Results mixed regarding a three indicating that individuals lower might benefit more from IBI. emerged through which affected treatment outcomes.Conclusion: Overall, may be influential efficacy thus itself valuable target treatment. However, results methodological shortcomings call further research, particularly concerning long-term impacts.

Language: Английский

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A sex- and gender-based analysis of alcohol treatment intervention research involving youth: A methodological systematic review

PLoS Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(6), P. e1004413 - e1004413

Published: June 3, 2024

Background While there is widespread consensus that sex- and gender-related factors are important for how interventions designed, implemented, evaluated, it not currently known alcohol treatment research accounts sex characteristics and/or gender identities modalities. This methodological systematic review documents assesses characteristics, identities, modalities operationalized in intervention involving youth. Methods findings We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials, PsycINFO, CINAHL, LGBT Life, Google Scholar, Web Science, grey literature from 2008 to 2023. included articles reported genders sexes participants 30 years age under screened using AUDIT, AUDIT-C, or a structured interview DSM-IV criteria. limited the inclusion studies enrolled used quantitative study design. provide narrative overview findings. Of 8,019 inclusion, 86 were review. None defined, measured, both variables accurately. Only 2 including trans participants. Most measures as covariate control effects on but did discuss rationale implications this procedure. Conclusions Our identify majority with youth conflate factors, terminologically, conceptually, methodologically. Based these findings, we recommend future area define account spectrum modalities, throughout life cycle, during design, data collection, analysis, reporting. It also imperative expansively ensure intersex meaningfully integrated. Trial registration Registration: PROSPERO, number: CRD42019119408

Language: Английский

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Applied imagery for motivation: a person-centred model

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 20(6), P. 1556 - 1575

Published: Oct. 11, 2021

Motor imagery when coupled with motivational and cognitive factors has been shown to enhance multiple aspects of sports performance. This paper reviews existing approaches, proposes a method based on applied applications, intended increase short long-term motivation. Behavioural change is achieved by primarily using interviewing (MI), then functional training (FIT), which adapted into the for motivation (AIM) model. AIM starts an initial interview MI, three phases: macro (beliefs, values purposeful goal), meso-imagery (mentally contrasting between current future-self evoke change), micro (planning immediate action). We explain use these stages allow athletes link everyday cues activation implementation action plans. provide practitioners comprehensive guide performance, merging theory-driven established approaches structured practise.

Language: Английский

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Drinking to Cope is Uniquely Associated with Less Specific and Bleaker Future Goal Generation in Young Hazardous Drinkers

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 45(2), P. 403 - 414

Published: Feb. 27, 2023

Groups with mental health and/or substance use problems generate less detailed descriptions of their future goals. As to cope negative affect is common both groups, this characteristic might be uniquely associated specific goal descriptions. To test prediction, 229 past year hazardous drinking undergraduates aged 18-25 years wrote about three positive life goals in an open-ended survey, before reporting internalizing (anxiety and depression) symptoms, alcohol dependence severity motivations for drinking: coping, conformity, enhancement social. Future were experimenter-rated detail specificity, participant-self-rated positivity, vividness, achievability, importance. Effort writing was indexed by time spent total word count. Multiple regression analyses revealed that the production goals, lower self-rated positivity vividness (achievability importance also marginally lower), over above severity, social motives, age, gender. However, not reduced effort goals: In sum, a unique predicting generation bleaker (less vivid) due reporting. may play role aetiology comorbidity problems, therapeutic targeting benefit conditions.The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10862-023-10032-0.

Language: Английский

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Brief Negative Affect Focused Functional Imagery Training Abolishes Stress-Induced Alcohol Choice in Hazardous Student Drinkers

Journal of Addiction, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 2021, P. 1 - 7

Published: Sept. 17, 2021

Imagery-based stress management therapies are effective at reducing alcohol use. To explore the therapeutic mechanism, current study tested whether brief functional imagery training linked to personal negative affect drinking triggers would attenuate sensitivity noise stress-induced seeking behaviour in a laboratory model. Participants were UK-based hazardous student drinkers (N = 61, 80.3% women, aged 18-25) who reported cope with affect. active intervention group (n 31) briefly trained respond by retrieving an adaptive strategy mitigate affect, whereas participants control 30) received risk information about binge university. The relative value of was then measured preference view versus food pictures two-alternative choice trials, before (baseline) and during induction. There significant two-way interaction (p < .04) where increased their picture from baseline test .001), did not (p=.33), chose more frequently than (p=.03), but (p=.16). These findings indicate that imagery-based mood can protect against increase motivated acute drinkers, suggesting this mechanism could underpin effect on outcomes.

Language: Английский

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The regulation of emotions and problematic alcohol use: a review of literature

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 36(2), P. 113 - 140

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

AMA Rydzewska M, Zaorska J, Jakubczyk A. The regulation of emotions and problematic alcohol use: a review literature. Alcoholism Drug Addiction/Alkoholizm i Narkomania. 2023. doi:10.5114/ain.2023.132441. APA Rydzewska, M., Zaorska, J., & Jakubczyk, (2023). https://doi.org/10.5114/ain.2023.132441 Chicago Małgorzata, Justyna Andrzej Jakubczyk. "The literature". Harvard MLA Małgorzata et al. literature." Narkomania, Vancouver

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