Teen participants (ages 13-17) will be randomly assigned to either an experimental (the Happify Teens digital platform), or a waitlist control group. The study includes an 8-week intervention period and a 1-month follow up period.
Teen participants (ages 13-17) will be randomly assigned to either the experimental group in which participants receive access to Happify Teens, a digital platform rooted in several therapeutic traditions that aims to improve wellbeing, or a waitlist control group. Both group conditions last 8 weeks. Participants assigned to the Happify Teens platform will have full access to the intervention, with featured tracks that focus on dealing with stress, worries and building skills for greater happiness. Participants assigned to the waitlist (control) condition will not have access to the Happify Teens platform for the full study period (12 weeks total). Participants in the waitlist control will receive access to Happify Teens after the full study period is complete (12 weeks). Perceived stress, rumination, and optimism will be assessed via self-report at baseline, end of the 8-week intervention, and at 1 month post intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
353
An online platform for conveying techniques from positive psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Happify (an online platform -- study is entirely online)
New York, New York, United States
Change in Perceived Stress [Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)]
10-item measure of perceived stress scoring how often the participant felt stressed by each statement in the following month from never (0) to very often (4). Scores can range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived stress.
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks
Change in Rumination [Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS)-Short Form-Brooding Subscale]
A 5-item measure of rumination (brooding) assessing how often participants engage with each of the 5 behaviors on a scale from almost never (1) to almost always (4). Ratings are summed so that total scores can range from 5 to 20, with higher scores indicating more brooding in the past month.
Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks
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