Assessing Mental Health among College Students Using Mobile Apps: Acceptability and Feasibility

Autor/inn/en	Palesh, Oxana; Oakley-Girvan, Ingrid; Richardson, Amanda; Nelson, Lorene M.; Clark, Rich; Hancock, Jeffrey; Acle, Carlos; Lavista, Juan M.; Miller, Yasamin; Gore-Felton, Cheryl
Titel	Assessing Mental Health among College Students Using Mobile Apps: Acceptability and Feasibility
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 36 (2022) 3, S.331-338 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-8225
DOI	10.1080/87568225.2020.1842280
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Computer Software; Prevention; Intervention; Health Needs; College Students; Student Attitudes; Psychological Patterns; Depression (Psychology); Sleep; Drinking; Stress Variables; Measurement; Student Surveys; Student Characteristics; Substance Abuse; Correlation; Physical Activity Level; Vermont + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Schlaf; Trinken; Messverfahren; Schülerbefragung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Korrelation
Abstract	From October to December 2016, a college sample (n = 536) of men (41%) and women (59%) 18 to 41 years old (M = 20.2 SD = 3.02) completed self-report surveys that assessed mental and behavioral health using a novel, mobile app called SHAPE. Multiple methods (e.g., flyers, face-to-face, e-mail, listservs) were used to recruit students. Almost half (48%) of the sample reported feeling down or depressed. Sleep and alcohol use were associated with decreased mood (r = 0.44, p < 0.0001 and r = 0.14, p = 0.05, respectively). Moderate physical activity had the largest magnitude of effect on mood, stress, and sleep (ranging from r = 0.11 to r = 0.15, p < 0.01). Results suggest that mobile app surveys can capture sensitive, time-relevant mental, and behavioral health data. These findings indicate that mobile apps can be used for surveillance of emerging and existing mental health needs that can be used to inform intervention and prevention efforts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01