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Unfinished business in virtual reality: Development and preliminary evaluation of an empty chair intervention grounded in emotion-focused therapy 虚拟现实中未完成的事业:以情感为中心的治疗为基础的空椅子干预的发展和初步评估
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Júlia Halamová , Lenka Ottingerová , Zuzana Berger Haladova , Leslie S. Greenberg
{"title":"Unfinished business in virtual reality: Development and preliminary evaluation of an empty chair intervention grounded in emotion-focused therapy","authors":"Júlia Halamová ,&nbsp;Lenka Ottingerová ,&nbsp;Zuzana Berger Haladova ,&nbsp;Leslie S. Greenberg","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100885","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100885","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The immersive capabilities of virtual reality (VR) make it a promising medium for psychotherapeutic interventions. This randomized controlled trial aimed to develop and evaluate a VR-based adaptation of Emotion-Focused Therapy for Unfinished Business (EFT-UFB). Specifically, we examined its effects on unresolved emotional experiences, self-compassion, self-protection, self-criticism, and perceived stress. Participants (<em>N</em> = 52) were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (<em>n</em> = 26) or a waitlist control group (n = 26), with assessments conducted at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The primary between-group analyses revealed no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups at post-test (unfinished business: t(50) = −2.00, <em>p</em> = .051, Cohen's d = −0.38, 95 % CI [−0.77, 0.01]) or at follow-up (t(50) = 0.60, <em>p</em> = .551, d = 0.08, 95 % CI [−0.31, 0.47]). Within the intervention group, unfinished business demonstrated a large pre–post reduction that was sustained at follow-up, whereas other effects were small or transient. Effect size estimates suggested small advantages for the intervention arm across several outcomes, including unfinished business (d = −1.01 vs. 0.44 in controls), self-criticism (Inadequate Self d = −0.47), and perceived stress (helplessness d = −0.33; self-efficacy d = 0.37). Other domains, including self-compassion and self-protection, showed negligible or inconsistent differences. While the VR-based EFT-UFB did not outperform the waitlist condition, these pilot findings provide preliminary evidence of feasibility and potential benefits for unfinished business. Importantly, the intervention was effectively delivered by a non-psychotherapist (a trained psychologist), underscoring its potential scalability within digital mental health applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100885"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145362128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Adolescents' and youths' perceived barriers and facilitators to engaging with digital mental health interventions for depression and anxiety: A scoping review 青少年和青年参与抑郁症和焦虑症数字心理健康干预的感知障碍和促进因素:范围审查
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Vajisha Udayangi Wanniarachchi , Chris Greenhalgh , Jim Warren
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Commentary: AI psychosis is not a new threat: Lessons from media-induced delusions 评论:人工智能精神病不是一个新的威胁:来自媒体诱导妄想的教训
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Per Carlbring , Gerhard Andersson
{"title":"Commentary: AI psychosis is not a new threat: Lessons from media-induced delusions","authors":"Per Carlbring ,&nbsp;Gerhard Andersson","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100882","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100882","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Reports of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots fueling delusions in vulnerable users have popularized the notion of “AI psychosis”. We argue the risk is not unprecedented. Individuals with psychosis have long incorporated books, films, music, and emerging technologies into their delusional thinking.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We review historical parallels, summarize why large language models (LLMs) may reinforce psychotic thinking via sycophancy (excessive agreement or flattery to avoid confrontation), and provide two vignettes contrasting unsafe and safe responses.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Contemporary LLMs often avoid confrontation and may collude with delusions, contrary to clinical best practice.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The phenomenon is not new in principle, but interactivity potentially changes the risk profile. Clinically aware LLMs that detect and gently redirect early psychotic ideation, while encouraging professional help seeking, could reduce harm. Design should be guided by therapeutic principles and evidence about current model failures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100882"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145320522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Natural language processing models for predicting treatment outcomes in internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy 网络认知行为治疗中预测治疗结果的自然语言处理模型
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Nils Hentati Isacsson , Lucía Gómez-Zaragozá , Fehmi Ben Abdesslem , Magnus Boman , Viktor Kaldo
{"title":"Natural language processing models for predicting treatment outcomes in internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy","authors":"Nils Hentati Isacsson ,&nbsp;Lucía Gómez-Zaragozá ,&nbsp;Fehmi Ben Abdesslem ,&nbsp;Magnus Boman ,&nbsp;Viktor Kaldo","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100879","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100879","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Predicting treatment outcome has the potential to enhance Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ICBT). One aspect of guided ICBT is patient-therapist interaction through written messages. With Natural language processing (NLP) these could be leveraged to predict outcome; however current evidence is limited. This study investigates the predictive accuracy of NLP models for treatment outcomes and evaluates whether NLP provides additional predictive value beyond symptom variables.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Patient-therapist messages from 6613 patients undergoing 12 weeks of treatment were used to train three types of NLP models: Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF), Bidirectional Encoder Representations from transformers (BERT), and BERT for Longer Text (BELT). These were trained both with and without symptom variables from the initial treatment period to predict post-treatment symptoms. A dummy model was also used, and a linear regression model acted as a symptoms only benchmark. Multiple imputation addressed missing data, and nested cross-validation was used.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The symptom only model performed best. Only BERT outperformed the dummy model, achieving a Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) of 0.17 compared to RMSE of 0.18. Adding symptom variables to the BERT model significantly increased its accuracy, but not the RMSE metric. The best linear regression benchmark based on symptoms only had a BACC of 70 % (F<sub>1</sub>-score of 0.66) which outperformed the BERT model with 60 % (F<sub>1</sub>: 0.55) and the combined BERT plus symptoms model achieved 68 % (F<sub>1</sub>: 0.62).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>These initial findings indicate a small predictive value from patient-therapist written message interaction but added no value beyond using only symptoms to predict post-treatment symptoms. Further research is needed to refine NLP-methods for use in psychological treatment, and more accurately assess the predictive potential of text-based interactions during ICBT.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100879"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145266296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Promoting prosocial behavior and well-being in adolescents through a gamified virtual reality intervention: A randomized controlled trial protocol 通过游戏化虚拟现实干预促进青少年的亲社会行为和幸福感:一项随机对照试验方案
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Bryant P.H. Hui , Tao Zhang , Jeffrey C.F. Ho , Sophie Kai Lam Cheng , Chen Li , Rosetta Wong , Sylvia Xiaohua Chen
{"title":"Promoting prosocial behavior and well-being in adolescents through a gamified virtual reality intervention: A randomized controlled trial protocol","authors":"Bryant P.H. Hui ,&nbsp;Tao Zhang ,&nbsp;Jeffrey C.F. Ho ,&nbsp;Sophie Kai Lam Cheng ,&nbsp;Chen Li ,&nbsp;Rosetta Wong ,&nbsp;Sylvia Xiaohua Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adolescent well-being is an urgent global concern. While engaging in prosocial behavior has been shown to enhance well-being, traditional interventions are often resource-intensive, contextually limited, and typically delivered in 2D formats. Virtual Reality (VR) offers a novel and immersive alternative by allowing adolescents to experience lifelike social scenarios and practice prosocial behaviors across diverse, everyday contexts.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This protocol outlines a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a gamified VR-based prosocial intervention, <em>Cradle for Kids</em>, among adolescents.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 396 adolescents aged 10 to 16 will be randomly assigned to one of the three groups: a five-week VR-based intervention, a video-based intervention, or a waitlist control group. Prosocial behaviors and well-being will be assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at a one-month follow-up, with parents also completing proxy reports of participants' well-being at baseline and post-intervention. Daily diary assessments will also be collected throughout the intervention period. Feasibility and acceptability will be examined via completion rate, retention rate, and participant satisfaction. Data will be analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA and multilevel modeling.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>To our knowledge, this will be the first trial to evaluate a gamified VR intervention designed to promote prosocial behavior and well-being in adolescents. Theoretically, it will contribute empirical evidence on the potential of immersive VR-based interventions to enhance well-being through prosocial engagement. Practically, if found effective, the program may offer a scalable and resource-efficient tool for schools and community organizations seeking to foster prosocial development in youth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100883"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145266297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Therapist characteristics and acceptance of internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy: A national cross-sectional survey using the technology acceptance model after ten years of iCBT in Norway 网络认知行为治疗的治疗师特征和接受度:挪威iCBT十年后使用技术接受模型进行的全国横断面调查
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Reidar Nævdal , Christiaan Vis , Robin Maria Francisca Kenter
{"title":"Therapist characteristics and acceptance of internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy: A national cross-sectional survey using the technology acceptance model after ten years of iCBT in Norway","authors":"Reidar Nævdal ,&nbsp;Christiaan Vis ,&nbsp;Robin Maria Francisca Kenter","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100881","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100881","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) has been available in Norwegian specialist mental health care for a decade. Despite strong evidence and national support, uptake remains limited, with little known about therapists delivering iCBT or factors influencing engagement.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Using an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this study aimed to provide a national overview of therapists delivering iCBT, their work environment, and acceptance, as well as explore group differences between clinics established through different implementation approaches.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The study identified all therapists using iCBT in routine care. Using a cross-sectional survey, data regarding therapists' characteristics, their context, and TAM constructs was collected. Therapists were grouped by whether their clinics used bottom-up or top-down implementation approaches and compared on all TAM constructs.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Sixty-seven therapists were identified as actively delivering iCBT nationally. Of these, 45 therapists from 18 clinics responded (67 % response rate). Therapists were experienced clinicians with varying backgrounds and work environments. High acceptance was found across all TAM dimensions except for Image. Therapists in clinics with structured top-down implementation and ongoing supervision reported highest acceptance.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Despite high therapist acceptance of iCBT, experienced loss in professional regard presents a cultural barrier hindering widespread adoption. Despite a decade of use, iCBT remains a small part of routine care. However, successful implementation across diverse therapist backgrounds is achievable, and mandated top-down implementation appears useful when supported by experienced supervision.</div></div><div><h3>Trial registration</h3><div>Haukeland University Hospital e-procotol, project ID: 4696–4696.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100881"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145266295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Doing it together: Qualitative study on barriers and facilitators to dyadic internet interventions for interrole conflict 一起做:角色间冲突双向互联网干预的障碍和促进因素的定性研究
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Ewelina Smoktunowicz , Jan Maciejewski , Magdalena Lesnierowska , Justyna Ziolkowska , Marta Roczniewska
{"title":"Doing it together: Qualitative study on barriers and facilitators to dyadic internet interventions for interrole conflict","authors":"Ewelina Smoktunowicz ,&nbsp;Jan Maciejewski ,&nbsp;Magdalena Lesnierowska ,&nbsp;Justyna Ziolkowska ,&nbsp;Marta Roczniewska","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100880","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100880","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Some psychosocial challenges are inherently relational and may be addressed more effectively with dyadic rather than individual interventions. Although uptake and engagement of internet interventions have been widely studied, existing evidence focuses on individually oriented programmes, leaving their potential for dyadic phenomena—such as work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC)—largely unexplored. To identify barriers and facilitators specific to a dyadic internet intervention aimed at reducing interrole conflict, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 heterosexual, dual-earner couples (<em>N</em> = 40). Thematic analysis revealed five key themes related to potential participation in such an intervention. Motivation for uptake was tied to recognized need, curiosity, and belief in efficacy. Involving both partners promised relational benefits yet introduced scheduling difficulties, highlighting the challenge of “doing it together.” Participants felt ambivalent about disclosing personal matters online, with subtle gendered differences in willingness to share. They also emphasized the importance of flexible, engaging, and personalized pedagogical design. Finally, participants viewed the online format ambivalently—while time constraints were often raised, they were frequently mitigated by the flexibility of access. These findings suggest that effective dyadic internet interventions for WFC/FWC must balance individual and joint activities, incorporate gender-sensitive communication pathways, and tailor content to different couple profiles (e.g., with or without children). Such efforts may enhance engagement and implementation feasibility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100880"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Exploring reactivity effects of self-monitoring prolonged grief reactions in daily life: A randomized waitlist-controlled trial using experience sampling methodology 探索日常生活中自我监控延长悲伤反应的反应性影响:一项使用经验抽样方法的随机候补对照试验
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Minita Franzen , Lonneke I.M. Lenferink
{"title":"Exploring reactivity effects of self-monitoring prolonged grief reactions in daily life: A randomized waitlist-controlled trial using experience sampling methodology","authors":"Minita Franzen ,&nbsp;Lonneke I.M. Lenferink","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100877","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100877","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>While people's symptomatology levels may change through self-monitoring of symptoms in daily life using experience sampling methodology (ESM), no controlled studies have examined such reactivity effects in the grief field.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>We investigated reactivity effects of self-monitoring prolonged grief reactions to determine whether self-monitoring leads to clinically significant changes in early prolonged grief disorder (PGD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression symptoms at both group and individual levels.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>184 adults, bereaved 3 to 6 months earlier, were randomized to an ESM (<em>n</em> = 90) or waitlist condition (<em>n</em> = 94). Over two weeks, participants reported their prolonged grief reactions 5×/day. Early PGD, PTSD, and depression symptoms were assessed at baseline, post-ESM, and post-waiting. Reactivity effects on psychopathology symptom severity were examined between the ESM and waitlist group. Reliable change indices indicated clinically relevant changes in psychopathology severity and logistic regression models used to test if certain characteristics were related to the clinically relevant changes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>At the group level, no significant reactivity effect of self-monitoring on symptom severity for PGD, PTSD, and depression was found. Individual-level analyses indicated that most participants did not experience clinically relevant changes from pre- to post-ESM. However, people with higher baseline-PGD-scores were more likely to experience clinically relevant improvements.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Self-monitoring prolonged grief in daily life does not seem to induce reactivity effects in symptom severity, supporting ESM as a suitable method for monitoring early prolonged grief in everyday life. Self-monitoring may benefit those with more severe initial symptoms, offering potential for targeted self-management strategies in bereavement care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100877"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effectiveness of a guided internet-based intervention in reducing procrastination among university students – a randomized controlled trial 一项基于网络的引导干预在减少大学生拖延症中的有效性——一项随机对照试验
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Arpana Amarnath , Sevin Ozmen , Chris van Klaveren , Annemieke van Straten , Julia Pei , Leonore de Wit , Rasmus E. Raabe , Caring Universities Consortium , Pim Cuijpers , Sascha Y. Struijs
{"title":"Effectiveness of a guided internet-based intervention in reducing procrastination among university students – a randomized controlled trial","authors":"Arpana Amarnath ,&nbsp;Sevin Ozmen ,&nbsp;Chris van Klaveren ,&nbsp;Annemieke van Straten ,&nbsp;Julia Pei ,&nbsp;Leonore de Wit ,&nbsp;Rasmus E. Raabe ,&nbsp;Caring Universities Consortium ,&nbsp;Pim Cuijpers ,&nbsp;Sascha Y. Struijs","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100878","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100878","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Procrastination is highly prevalent among students and has several negative consequences, affecting academic performance, mental health, and prospects for future professional development. However, there exists a treatment gap, with there being many more students with problems than those receiving help. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a guided internet-based intervention, <em>GetStarted</em>, in addressing procrastination among college students. In this two-arm randomized controlled trial, 403 students were randomly assigned to <em>GetStarted</em> or waitlist control. The primary outcome was the difference in self-reported procrastination behaviours between intervention and control measured on the Irrational Procrastination scale (IPS) at post-test (4 weeks post-baseline). In addition, long-term effects based on the difference in the IPS scores from baseline to 6-months follow-up were assessed in the intervention group. Secondary outcomes were differences in depressive symptoms, anxiety, stress, and mental health-related quality of life. All analyses were based on the intent to treat principle. The Random Forest Lee bounds approach was applied as a sensitivity and robustness analysis. The sociodemographic characteristics of the participants were examined as treatment moderators. Finally, treatment acceptability was assessed through satisfaction with treatment, program usability, satisfaction with e-coach, and treatment adherence. Our results revealed that <em>GetStarted</em> was significantly effective in reducing procrastination at the post-test (Cohen's <em>d =</em> 0.40), and this effect remained stable at 6-month follow-up (<em>p</em> &lt; .001). The intervention group also experienced reductions in depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress, along with an increase in quality of life from baseline to post-test and 6-month follow-up, although these changes were not statistically significant apart from perceived stress. No significant moderators influenced treatment effectiveness. Overall, participants reported good acceptability of the treatment. <em>GetStarted</em> offers an effective, flexible, and low-intensity solution for treating procrastination, with the potential to prevent common mental health issues among college students.</div></div><div><h3>Trial registration</h3><div>This trial is registered at <span><span>ClinicalTrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></span> Protocol Registration and Results System (Trial number: <span><span>NCT05478096</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100878"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Experiences of an internet-delivered treatment of obesity: A qualitative study 互联网治疗肥胖的经验:一项定性研究
IF 4.1 2区 医学
Annika Imhagen , Stefan Jansson , Fredrik Söderqvist , Jan Karlsson , Marije Galavazi , Agneta Anderzén Carlsson
{"title":"Experiences of an internet-delivered treatment of obesity: A qualitative study","authors":"Annika Imhagen ,&nbsp;Stefan Jansson ,&nbsp;Fredrik Söderqvist ,&nbsp;Jan Karlsson ,&nbsp;Marije Galavazi ,&nbsp;Agneta Anderzén Carlsson","doi":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100876","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.invent.2025.100876","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48615,"journal":{"name":"Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health","volume":"42 ","pages":"Article 100876"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145320597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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