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Using a Mood-Tracking App (MoodSensing) to Support Adolescent Mental Health Among High School Students in Taiwan

USING A MOODSENSING APP TO SUPPORT ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TAIWAN

One month of MoodSensing app use led to significant reductions in anxiety and stress scores among high school students compared with the control group.

The study aimed to examine the effects of the MoodSensing app on emotional problems, attitudes toward mental illness, and psychological well-being among final-year high school students. In a quasi-experimental study at a high school in eastern Taiwan, participants were assigned to either the MoodSensing group or the control group for one month, with assessments at baseline and post-intervention. The app included daily tasks (recording emotions, mood, wake-up time, and bedtime), psychological self-assessments, and psychoeducational videos, supported by push notifications, prize draws, and plant-growing gamification elements. Measures included the Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), the Chinese version of the Community Attitudes toward Mental Illness scale (CAMI), and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21); analyses were conducted using SPSS 27.0. The final analysis included 46 students (intervention group n = 23, control group n = 23); the mean age was 15.41 (0.72) years, and there were no significant differences between the groups at baseline. Within the intervention group, anxiety (z = -2.974; p = 0.003) and stress (z = -3.173; p = 0.002) scores decreased significantly, and negative perceptions of mental illness also improved (z = -1.959; p = 0.050). Compared with the control group, greater reductions were observed in anxiety (z = -2.020; p = 0.043) and stress (z = -1.956; p = 0.050); no significant between-group differences were found in general health, attitudes toward mental illness (including perceptions of recovery), or depression. The authors suggest that the MoodSensing app may help improve emotional symptoms and reduce negative perceptions of mental illness among high school students, and that it could be used for early identification in school and clinical settings.

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