Title
College Student Veterans' Experience With a Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Mobile App Intervention for PTSD: A Qualitative Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-10-2020
Publication Title
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
First page number:
1
Last page number:
10
Abstract
This study aimed to explore college student military veterans' experience with a mindfulness- and acceptance-based smartphone app intervention. Upon the 4-week participation in the intervention, 23 student veterans took part in semi-structured interviews. In the thematic analysis of the interview transcripts, three main themes emerged: (1) generating momentum of app use; (2) optimizing the functions and benefits of the app; and (3) resolving to deepen the practice of mindfulness and acceptance. Considering the low engagement rates of several previous app-based studies, our results provide a useful framework for incorporating human feedback and support in enhancing users' engagement with the app.
Keywords
College student veterans; Mindfulness; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Resilience; Smartphone app
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing | Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Language
English
Repository Citation
Reyes, A. T.,
Serafica, R.,
Sojobi, A.
(2020).
College Student Veterans' Experience With a Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Mobile App Intervention for PTSD: A Qualitative Study.
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
1-10.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2020.09.005