Title
Testing the Acceptability and Initial Efficacy of a Smartphone-App Mindfulness Intervention for College Student Veterans With PTSD
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-12-2020
Publication Title
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
First page number:
1
Last page number:
9
Abstract
This single-arm, pre-post feasibility study evaluated the acceptability and initial efficacy of a mindfulness smartphone-app intervention intended to promote resilience and improve posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among college student military veterans. The app contained mindfulness exercises and meditations based on the acceptance and commitment therapy. Twenty-three student veterans used the app for four weeks. The results showed high levels of perceived satisfaction and usability of the app. Significant changes in resilience, mindfulness, PTSD, experiential avoidance, and rumination were observed. Future research is needed to test the intervention in a randomized controlled trial.
Keywords
Mindfulness; Resilience; Acceptance and commitment therapy; PTSD; College student veterans
Disciplines
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Language
English
Repository Citation
Reyes, A. T.,
Bhatta, T. R.,
Muthukumar, V.,
Gangozo, W. J.
(2020).
Testing the Acceptability and Initial Efficacy of a Smartphone-App Mindfulness Intervention for College Student Veterans With PTSD.
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
1-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2020.02.004