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Promoting Youth Life Satisfaction Through a Brief Online Intervention: Individual Differences in Initial Well-Being and Intervention Response
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This study examined individual differences among adolescents (N = 154) in their initial well-being and in their response to a brief online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention targeted at promoting life satisfaction. Cluster analysis identified three distinct subgroups of adolescents based on their life satisfaction, depressive symptoms and psychological flexibility at baseline: 1) Low well-being (16%), 2) Medium well-being (49%), and 3) High well-being (35%). Life satisfaction improved most during the intervention in the low initial well-being subgroup of adolescents. Between group effect sizes were large between Low and Medium (d = 0.85), and Low and High (d = 0.91) well-being groups.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has been proven widely effective in intervening with various mental health issues in adolescents, such as anxiety, depression, trichotillomania, and substance abuse, and can significantly improve adolescents' well-being.
“ACT has been proven to be widely effective in intervening with various mental health issues in adolescents, such as anxiety, depression, trichotillomania, and substance abuse, and it can significantly improve adolescents’ well-being [35–37].”
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- Authors
- Lappalainen, A.-L., Keinonen, K., Lappalainen, P., Lappalainen, R., Kaipainen, K., Puolakanaho, A., & Kiuru, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Kiuru, Noona
- ORCID
- Venue
- Child & Family Behavior Therapy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 261-282
- ISSN
- 0731-7107 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-228X
- OpenAlex
- W4405099359
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2
- FWCI
- 1.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- urn.fi
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Child & Family Behavior Therapy (publishedVersion)
- Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Academy of Finland (324638, 352648, 352657)
- Strategic Research Council
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- acceptance and commitment therapy, online intervention, adolescents, individual differences, depressive symptoms, psychological flexibility, intervention response, clustering
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