Randomized Controlled Trial of SuperBetter, a Smartphone-Based/Internet-Based Self-Help Tool to Reduce Depressive Symptoms

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-246

  Roepke, Ann Marie ^a   Jaffee, Sara R ^a   Riffle, Olivia M ^a   McGonigal, Jane ^b   Broome, Rose ^b   Maxwell, Bez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SuperBetter Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84992751224     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2014.0046     Document Type: Article

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