Storytelling and Mindfulness for Graduate Student Wellbeing

Last updated: May 29, 2025
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Depression

Treatment

Mindfulness Practice

Storytelling Workshop

Clinical Study ID

NCT05826860
2022-1560
CALS/PLANT PATHOLOGY
MSN269425
2023-03-08
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study 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.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 or older

  • Current graduate student in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)field at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • No significant experience with mindfulness practice

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Under 18

  • Significant experience with mindfulness practice

  • Not a current graduate student in a STEM field at the University ofWisconsin-Madison

Study Design

Total Participants: 20
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Mindfulness Practice
Phase:
Study Start date:
March 10, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
May 31, 2027

Study 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.

Connect with a study center

  • Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

    Madison, Wisconsin 53715
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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