Impact of Mobile App on Purpose and Well-Being Among College Students (PWB)

Living Purposefully: The Role of Mobile App JOOL in Promoting Well-being and Academic Success

This study will examine the impact of a mobile app (JOOL) focused on promoting purposeful living on student health behaviors, academic performance, self-regulation, well-being, resiliency, and self-efficacy.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mobile App; Behavioral: Reflection

Detailed Description

Participants will be recruited from a large undergraduate classroom. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions and asked to complete either online reflections or engage with a mobile app over the course of the semester. Students who elect to not participate will be provided an alternate assignment to complete, to be coordinated by their teaching assistant. Participants will additionally be asked to complete (1) a pre-survey, (2) post-survey, and follow-up survey 14 days after the class concludes. The study will examine changes in health-related behaviors, resiliency, well-being, and self-efficacy reported between the start and conclusion of semester/study.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 112
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Wisconsin
    • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53704
      • School of Human Ecology

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Minimum age of 18 years
• Enrolled in Consuming Happiness course during the Spring 2017-18 semester.
• Must have access to WiFi, cellular service or computer with internet connection and web browser.

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mobile App; Half of the students randomly assigned	Behavioral: Mobile App; Purposeful Living Mobile App JOOL to be used daily; Other Names: JOOL
Experimental: Reflection; Half of the students randomly assigned	Behavioral: Reflection; Bi-weekly online reflection question

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Health Behaviors	Expected increase in self-report of behaviors promoting academic achievement, physical health, well-being, and purpose from time of pre survey to post survey.	14 weeks post start (1 semester)
Change in Resiliency	Brief Resiliency Scale (BRS) used to measure resiliency, or ""the ability to bounce back or recover from stress" (Smith et al., 2008). 6 items using Likert scale strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Score will be summed for one total score and can range from 6 to 30, with 6 indicating low resilience and 30 indicating high resilience. No clinical cut off. Expected increase no change in scores from pre and post.	14 weeks post start (1 semester)
Change in Self-Regulation	Self-Regulation Scale (SRQ) short form used to measure self-regulation, or ""the ability to develop, implement, and flexibly maintain planned behavior in order to achieve one's goal" (Brown, Miller, & Lawendowski, 1999). 31 items using a Likert scale strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5), with 14 reverse coded. Scores will be summed for one total score ranging from 31 to 155. 31 indicates low self-regulation and 155 indicates high self-regulation. No clinical cut off. Expected increase or no change in scores from pre and post.	14 weeks post start (1 semester)
Change in belief of ability to perform difficult tasks or cope with diversity	Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale used to measure self-efficacy, or "the optimistic self-belief that one can perform novel or difficult tasks or cope with diversity" (Schwarzer, 1992). 10 items on a Likert scale from Not true at all (1) to Exactly true (4). Responses will be summed for one total score, ranging from 10 to 40. 10 indicates low self-efficacy, 40 indicates high self-efficacy. No clinical cut off. Expected increase or no change in scores from pre and post.	14 weeks post start (1 semester)
Change in Well-Being	The WHO (Five) Well-Being Index (WHO-5) measures well-being, defined as the subjective quality of life based on positive mood (good spirits, relaxation), vitality (being active and waking up fresh and rested), and general interest (being interested in things). 5 items on a Likert scale ranging from all of the time (5) to at no time (1). Responses will be summed for one total score ranging from 0 to 25. 0 indicates low well-being and 5 indicates high well-being. Score below 13 indicates poor well-being. Expected increase or no change in scores from pre and post.	14 weeks post start (1 semester)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Health Behaviors	Expected increase or no change in reported health behaviors around academic achievement and well-being from time of post survey. To be completed 2 weeks after post-survey.	14 days (2 weeks) after end of study (16 weeks post start)
App Perceptions	Feedback on perceptions of the mobile app and information on continued use behaviors	14 days (2 weeks) after end of study (16 weeks post start)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 24, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 21, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 4, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 13, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): December 19, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 6, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 5, 2019
• Last Verified: December 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2017-1371; A271000 (Other Identifier: UW Madison); SOHE\CONSUMER SCIENCE\CONS SCI (Other Identifier: UW Madison)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: IDP will not be shared with researchers not directly associated with the study and/or listed on the IRB.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No