NCT05826860

Storytelling and Mindfulness for Graduate Student Wellbeing

Determining the Effect of Mindfulness and Storytelling on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) Graduate Student Wellbeing

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate an intervention for improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) graduate student wellbeing. Participants will be recruited from the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student body. Data will be collected from participants for up to 2 years, and the investigators anticipate that the study will last for 4 years.

Detailed description

The objective of this research is to evaluate the utility of storytelling and mindfulness practice in improving wellbeing in STEM graduate students. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does engaging in mindfulness practice and storytelling increase measures of wellbeing in this population? 2. Does engaging in mindfulness practice and storytelling increase measures of academic success? Participants will be asked to: * complete a survey evaluating wellbeing and academic success * attend 2 storytelling workshops * use a guided mindfulness mobile app for 2 weeks Researchers will compare survey results from participants in the control group (no intervention, survey only) to those from participants in the intervention group (workshops, mindfulness, and survey) to see if the measures of wellbeing and academic success differ between groups.

Conditions

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Burnout, Student

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Practice	Participants follow guided meditations in the Healthy Minds Program (HMP) mobile phone app for at least 15 min per day, for a total of 14 days.
BEHAVIORAL	Storytelling Workshop	Participants attend 2 (90 min) workshops, teaching them creative writing tools and giving them opportunities to apply those tools.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-10
• Primary completion: 2027-05-01
• Completion: 2027-05-01
• First posted: 2023-04-24
• Last updated: 2025-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States