Boosting positive mood during stress: a Daily Coping Toolkit replication in college undergraduates.

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI:10.1080/10615806.2025.2457625

David J Disabato, Emily A Gawlik, T H Stanley Seah, Karin G Coifman

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Abstract

Background: College students face significant mental health challenges that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence suggests mental-health burdens are substantial and resources limited. We sought to replicate research supporting a one-time daily ambulatory intervention to facilitate regulation of negative emotion and increase generation of positive emotion. The Daily Coping Toolkit (DCT) was developed at the outset of the pandemic and was effective in boosting mood in front-line medical personnel in an open-trial (Coifman, K. G., et al. [2021]. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(8), 555-557. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2021-107427.

Design: This investigation replicated the DCT against a control condition in college students returning to campus in early 2021. N = 125 college students were randomized to experimental conditions (two-prompt v. one-prompt) or the control condition. Data analysis was preregistered.

Results: Analyses indicated students in experimental groups experienced significant decreases in negative and increases in positive emotion when compared to controls, providing evidence of efficacy. This was notable because a high proportion of participants reported prior mental illness. Although there was no difference by number of prompts (two-prompt v. one-prompt) on emotional reports, there was preliminary evidence the one-prompt condition was associated with greater self-care behaviors (e.g., exercise, social support seeking).

Conclusion: The results suggest the DCT is an efficacious emotion-regulation intervention that can boost mood during stress.

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在压力下提升积极情绪：大学生每日应对工具箱的复制。

背景：2019冠状病毒病大流行加剧了大学生面临的重大心理健康挑战。有证据表明，心理健康负担沉重，而资源有限。我们试图复制支持一次性每日门诊干预的研究，以促进消极情绪的调节和增加积极情绪的产生。每日应对工具包（DCT）是在大流行开始时开发的，在一项公开试验中有效地改善了一线医务人员的情绪（Coifman, k.g.等[2021]）。职业医学与环境医学，78(8),555-557。https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2021-107427.Design：该调查在2021年初返回校园的大学生中复制了DCT和对照条件。N = 125名大学生被随机分配到实验条件（双提示vs单提示）或控制条件。数据分析是预先登记的。结果：与对照组相比，实验组学生的消极情绪明显减少，积极情绪明显增加，证明了治疗的有效性。这是值得注意的，因为很高比例的参与者报告先前有精神疾病。虽然在情绪报告中提示的数量（双提示和单提示）没有差异，但有初步证据表明，单提示条件与更好的自我照顾行为（例如，锻炼，寻求社会支持）有关。结论：DCT是一种有效的情绪调节干预手段，可以改善应激状态下的情绪。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal provides a forum for scientific, theoretically important, and clinically significant research reports and conceptual contributions. It deals with experimental and field studies on anxiety dimensions and stress and coping processes, but also with related topics such as the antecedents and consequences of stress and emotion. We also encourage submissions contributing to the understanding of the relationship between psychological and physiological processes, specific for stress and anxiety. Manuscripts should report novel findings that are of interest to an international readership. While the journal is open to a diversity of articles.