Michael E. Levin, Jack Haeger & Michael P. Twohig Utah State University TESTING A TRANSDIAGNOSTIC WEB-BASED ACT SELF-HELP PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS.

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Michael E. Levin, Jack Haeger & Michael P. Twohig Utah State University TESTING A TRANSDIAGNOSTIC WEB-BASED ACT SELF-HELP PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

 Mental health problems are prevalent and costly among college students  Many campuses are struggling to keep up with rapid increases in demand for services  And many students still don’t seek treatment  Self-help websites can  Increase reach and access  Reduce the burden on counseling centers with a low cost solution Mental Health Challenges in the College Population

 But there are challenges to matching students to self-help websites for specific problems  A transdiagnostic self-help program could target a range of disorders with a single program  ACT is a promising transdiagnostic approach  Psychological inflexibility is related to a range of problems  ACT is effective at treating a range of problems  ACT outcomes are mediated by reducing inflexibility ACT AS A TRANSDIAGNOSTIC WEB-BASED SELF-HELP APPROACH

 Testing a web-based self-help program for distressed college students  RCT design relative to a waitlist condition  Using a new prototyping method  Is the web-based self-help program acceptable to college students?  Does it impact a range of psychological outcomes relevant to students?  Does it impact outcomes by targeting key processes of change? CURRENT PROJECT

 79 college students were recruited  Eligibility criteria  18 or older  Self-identified as being in distress and interested in web-based self-help  Demographics  66% female, Age (M = 20.51, SD = 2.73)  Primarily Caucasian race (88%)  Distress rates  87% at least mildly severe scores on one or more CCAPS scale  68% clinically significant scores on one or more CCAPS scale  45% depression, 40% social anxiety, 30% general anxiety, 30% eating problems, 24% academic concerns, 22% hostility, 14% alcohol problems PARTICIPANTS

 86% said main reason for participating was for extra credit  14% participated primarily for help with a psychological problem or both help and credit  67% agreed with the statement “I am interested in using the self-help website being tested in this study”  29% were ambivalent saying “neither agree nor disagree”  Where they learned about the study  86% from the SONA research platform website  Only one participant from counseling or student health centers SPRING 2015 SEMESTER PARTICIPANTS

PROCEDURES 79 Students recruited ACT website for 4 weeks (n = 40) Online baseline survey Randomly assigned to Waitlist for 4 weeks (n = 39) Post Assessment: Completed by n = 62, 78%  CCAPS:  Depression  Social Anxiety  General Anxiety  Academic Concerns  Eating Problems  Alcohol Problems  MHC-SF: Positive Mental Health  Process Measures  AAQ-II: Psychological Inflexibility  CFQ: Cognitive Fusion  PHLMS: Acceptance and Awareness subscales  VQ: Obstacles and Progress

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

 Using existing content management systems (CMS) can  Increase speed and efficiency of development  Reduce costs significantly  Provide unique features and widgets  Increase platform stability  But many CMS do not provide database integration  Survey platforms like qualtrics do DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

 Interactive options  Multiple choice, checkboxes, matrix tables, etc…  Fill in the blank, forms, essays, etc..  Drag and drop tools  Rank order  Sliders  Heat maps  File upload  Timers  Video and audio file embedding  File download USING QUALTRICS TO BUILD PROTOTYPES

 Features  Formatting look and feel for font, images, buttons, background, etc…  Carry forward of data  Skip logic and branching  Randomization  triggers  Stability and cross platform consistency managed by qualtrics  Mobile phone compatibility  HTML code (expand/collapse, etc…)  Database  Completion of sessions  Can track time on any page  User responses to any exercise USING QUALTRICS TO BUILD PROTOTYPES

 How long should the sessions be? minutes  How many sessions should we have? 6 sessions  Should we tunnel vs. use an open browsing format? Sessions were tunneled and sequential, but with no wait between  Take a general ACT training approach or tailor content for specific problems?  General approach with content  But with expandable examples illustrating with specific problems  How much coaching/guidance should we provide?  Minimal reminder s and calls  but no other guidance/coaching to use the program CONTENT DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS

RESULTS

 Completion rates  83% completed the first session  75% completed half or more of the program  Only 55% completed all six sessions  Time in the program  Total time in program: M = 74 minutes, SD = 83 minutes  Average time in a session: M = 17 minutes, SD = 16 minutes  System Usability Scale: M = 71.13, SD =  In the “Good” range (Bangor, 2008) PROGRAM USAGE/SATISFACTION

 Time by condition interactions showed improvements in ACT vs. waitlist for:  CCAPS total distress, F = 6.59, p =.013, d =.66  CCAPS depression, F = 4.20, p =.045, d =.52  CCAPS social anxiety, F = 8.43, p =.005, d =.75  CCAPS academic concern, F = 5.75, p =.020, d =.62  MHC Positive mental health, F = 4.28, p =.043, d =.53  CCAPS general anxiety, F = 3.27, p =.076, d =.46  No effects on CCAPS eating concerns, hostility, or alcohol subscales (p >.10) MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES

 Time by condition interactions showed improvements in ACT vs. waitlist for:  PHLMS Acceptance, F = 4.50, p =.04, d =.52  VQ Obstruction, F = 6.38, p =.04, d =.62  No effects on AAQ-II, CFQ, PHLMS awareness, or VQ progress (p >.10) PROCESSES OF CHANGE

a path X - M b path M(X) - Y c path X - Y c’ path X(M) - Y 95% CIProportion mediated Total Distress 2.70***3.80***2.43* ,.3748% Depression 2.73***3.77***2.13*.94.06,.5056% General Anxiety 2.63*3.05**1.94†.96.04,.3951% Social Anxiety 2.61*2.69**3.29**2.39*.03,.3127% Academic distress 2.71** † ,.26 Positive MH 2.38*3.28**2.01* , % MEDIATION ANALYSES-VQ OBSTRUCTION  Significant full mediation of total distress, depression, general anxiety, and positive mental health  Partial mediation for social anxiety  Proportion mediated ranging from 27% to 56%

a path X - M b path M(X) - Y c path X - Y c’ path X(M) - Y 95% CIProportio n mediated Total Distress 1.90†3.73***2.34* ,.3332% Depression 1.87†3.78***1.92† ,.4140% General Anxiety 1.85†3.01**1.78† ,.3637% Social Anxiety 1.84†2.34*3.19**2.66*.01,.2417% Academic distress 1.81† † ,.16 Positive MH 1.80† † , 3.79 MEDIATION ANALYSES-PHLMS ACCEPTANCE  Significant full mediation of total distress, depression, and general anxiety  Partial mediation for social anxiety  Proportion mediated ranging from 17% to 40%

 60% said it was too long and/or too repetitive  17% said each session was too long  7% said reading segments were too long  7% did not have the time or privacy to use the program  7% emphasized inadequate coverage of certain mental health problems  Only 3% reported not liking the web-based format for self-help WHAT DID YOU LIKE LEAST ABOUT THE PROGRAM?

DISCUSSION

 Adequate usability/satisfaction ratings with the qualtrics prototype  Though not as high as we would want for a high quality website  May have been affected by the recruitment methods and sample  Improvements on depression, anxiety, academic concerns, and positive mental health  Lack of improvement on eating, hostility and alcohol problems  Suggests challenges with transdiagnostic treatment or floor effects?  Improvements in mindful acceptance and reduced disruption of valued living due to inflexibility  Which fully mediated treatment effects  Lack of changes on AAQ-II, CFQ, PHLMS awareness, and VQ progress  Suggests weak impact on key processes? Measurement issues? KEY FINDINGS

 Developing self-help programs through a survey CMS can lead to adequate acceptability, usability and efficacy  But results are weaker than hoped for on key usability, usage and process measure variables  Effects might be improved by reducing length of sessions and longer reading segments  Or possibly integrating guidance/coaching  A general, transdiagnostic approach reduced a range of problems  But did not impact outcomes largely outside of internalizing disorders  There are recruitment challenges in engaging college students in web-based self-help  Passive recruitment methods are unlikely to be sufficient LESSONS LEARNED

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