Learning to embrace one's stress: the selective effects of short videos on youth's stress mindsets
AA Journault, R Cernik, S Charbonneau… - Anxiety, Stress, & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 2024•Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Stress is not inherently negative. As youth will
inevitably experience stress when facing the various challenges of adolescence, they can
benefit from developing a stress-can-be-enhancing mindset rather than learning to fear their
stress responses and avoid taking on challenges. We aimed to verify whether a rapid
intervention improved stress mindsets and diminished perceived stress and anxiety
sensitivity in adolescents. Design and Methods An online experimental design randomly …
inevitably experience stress when facing the various challenges of adolescence, they can
benefit from developing a stress-can-be-enhancing mindset rather than learning to fear their
stress responses and avoid taking on challenges. We aimed to verify whether a rapid
intervention improved stress mindsets and diminished perceived stress and anxiety
sensitivity in adolescents. Design and Methods An online experimental design randomly …
Abstract
Background and Objectives
Stress is not inherently negative. As youth will inevitably experience stress when facing the various challenges of adolescence, they can benefit from developing a stress-can-be-enhancing mindset rather than learning to fear their stress responses and avoid taking on challenges. We aimed to verify whether a rapid intervention improved stress mindsets and diminished perceived stress and anxiety sensitivity in adolescents.
Design and Methods
An online experimental design randomly exposed 233 Canadian youths aged 14–17 (83% female) to four videos of the Stress N’ Go intervention (how to embrace stress) or to control condition videos (brain facts). Validated questionnaires assessing stress mindsets, perceived stress, and anxiety sensitivity were administered pre- and post-intervention, followed by open-ended questions.
Results
The intervention content successfully instilled a stress-can-be-enhancing mindset compared to the control condition. Although Bayes factor analyses showed no main differences in perceived stress or anxiety sensitivity between conditions, a thematic analysis revealed that the intervention helped participants to live better with their stress.
Conclusions
Overall, these results suggest that our intervention can rapidly modify stress mindsets in youth. Future studies are needed to determine whether modifying stress mindsets is sufficient to alter anxiety sensitivity in certain adolescents and contexts.
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