Who benefits from mobile health interventions? A dynamical systems analysis of psychological well-being in early adults.
Applied psychology. Health and well-being June 1, 2025 Saida Heshmati, Chelsea Muth, Yanling Li et al. 3 citations
An 8-week randomized controlled trial with 160 college-attending early adults aged 18-22 used a mobile health platform to test whether skills for psychological well-being can be learned through ecological momentary interventions. Participants were assigned to an active control group, a positive practices intervention, or a positive practices plus meditation intervention. Bayesian process modeling indicated that the mobile assessment tool itself may have improved well-being over time, shown by increased within-person mean levels, decreased intra-individual variability, and improved regulation of positive emotions and relationship quality. Moderation analysis further suggested that people who initially had low negative affect improved most in their average positive emotions and relationship quality.