Changing mental health and positive psychological well-being using ecological momentary interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Versluis, Anke ^a   Verkuil, Bart ^a   Spinhoven, Philip ^a,b   Van Der Ploeg, Melanie M ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Ecological momentary intervention; Mental health; Meta analysis; mHealth; Stress; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84977521479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5642     Document Type: Article

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