Navigating life's challenges: A randomized 6-week online intervention study to enhance resilience in working-age adults

IF 3.8 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-30 DOI:10.1111/aphw.70023

Manuel Leitner, Andreas Fink, Viktoria Fruhwirth, Stefanie Hechenberger, Christian Enzinger, Daniela Pinter

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Abstract

Psychological resilience describes a trainable capacity that allows us to cope with adversity and adapt to stressful life events. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of a 6-week online resilience intervention in students and working-age individuals.

We randomly assigned 174 participants aged between 18 and 54 years (74.1% female) to either an intervention (n = 86, M_age = 24.83, SD_age = 5.93) or a wait-list control group (n = 88, M_age = 23.30, SD_age = 4.49). The intervention group received a 6-week flexible, asynchronous online resilience training consisting of 12 short videos. We assessed resilience, perceived stress, and worries in both groups.

Mixed-ANCOVA results indicated that participants assigned to the intervention group significantly increased their resilience scores (M_diff = 3.65, p < .001) and reduced negative emotions such as perceived stress (M_diff = 4.18, p < .001) and worries (M_diff = 5.09, p < .001). We observed no significant changes in the wait-list control group.

The intervention group's ability to enhance resilience through watching two short videos per week supports the idea that resilience is trainable. Online resilience interventions represent a promising opportunity to acquire novel coping strategies in order to strengthen resilience and manage life's upcoming challenges.

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驾驭生活的挑战：一项为期6周的随机在线干预研究，旨在提高工作年龄成年人的适应力

心理弹性指的是一种可训练的能力，它使我们能够应对逆境，适应生活中的压力事件。本研究旨在探讨为期6周的在线弹性干预在学生和工作年龄个体中的效果。我们将174名年龄在18至54岁之间的参与者（74.1%为女性）随机分配到干预组（n = 86, Mage = 24.83, SDage = 5.93）或等候名单对照组（n = 88, Mage = 23.30, SDage = 4.49）。干预组接受了为期6周的灵活、异步的在线弹性训练，包括12个短视频。我们评估了两组人的复原力、感知压力和担忧。混合ancova结果显示，被分配到干预组的参与者的恢复力得分显著提高（Mdiff = 3.65, p < .001），负面情绪如感知压力（Mdiff = 4.18, p < .001）和担忧（Mdiff = 5.09, p < .001）显著减少。我们观察到在等候名单控制组没有明显的变化。干预组通过每周观看两个短视频来增强弹性的能力支持了弹性是可训练的这一观点。在线恢复力干预为获得新的应对策略提供了一个有希望的机会，以加强恢复力和管理生活中即将到来的挑战。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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12.10

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2.90%

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期刊介绍： Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Association of Applied Psychology. It was established in 2009 and covers applied psychology topics such as clinical psychology, counseling, cross-cultural psychology, and environmental psychology.