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Emotion-Belief Intervention for Subthreshold Depression in College Students
Sponsor: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Summary
This study was a randomized controlled trial examining the long-term efficacy of an emotion-belief intervention on depressive symptoms in college students with subthreshold depression. Participants with subthreshold depression were randomly assigned to a single-session emotion-belief intervention, a continuous emotion-belief intervention, or a sport-belief control group. Depressive symptoms, emotion beliefs, and emotion regulation were assessed at baseline and at 2, 4, and 6 months after intervention. This study was retrospectively registered.
Official title: Long-term Efficacy of Emotion-belief Intervention on Depressive Symptoms in College Students With Subthreshold Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
17 Years - 30 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
86
Start Date
2025-01-01
Completion Date
2025-09-10
Last Updated
2026-10-13
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Single-session emotion-belief intervention
A 20-minute computerized intervention consisting of three modules: psychoeducation on neuroplasticity, reading and internalizing role-model stories, and a guided self-persuasion exercise.
Continuous emotion-belief intervention
The single-session emotion-belief intervention plus a two-week daily consolidation exercise requiring at least 10 daily records.
Sport-belief control
A structurally identical single-session intervention focused on the malleability of athletic ability, serving as an active control.
Locations (1)
School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, China