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An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study
This study explored the effects of an 8-week peer coaching program on physical activity (PA), diet, sleep, social isolation, and mental health among college students in the United States. A total of 52 college students were recruited and randomized to the coaching (n = 28) or the control group (n =...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10005245/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36904282 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15051284 |
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author | Yan, Zi Peacock, Jessica Cohen, Juliana F. W. Kurdziel, Laura Benes, Sarah Oh, Seungbin Bowling, April |
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description | This study explored the effects of an 8-week peer coaching program on physical activity (PA), diet, sleep, social isolation, and mental health among college students in the United States. A total of 52 college students were recruited and randomized to the coaching (n = 28) or the control group (n = 24). The coaching group met with a trained peer health coach once a week for 8 weeks focusing on self-selected wellness domains. Coaching techniques included reflective listening, motivational interviews, and goal setting. The control group received a wellness handbook. PA, self-efficacy for eating healthy foods, quality of sleep, social isolation, positive affect and well-being, anxiety, and cognitive function were measured. No interaction effects between time and group were significant for the overall intervention group (all p > 0.05), while the main effects of group difference on moderate PA and total PA were significant (p < 0.05). Goal-specific analysis showed that, compared to the control group, those who had a PA goal significantly increased vigorous PA Metabolic Equivalent of Task (METs) (p < 0.05). The vigorous METs for the PA goal group increased from 1013.33 (SD = 1055.12) to 1578.67 (SD = 1354.09); the control group decreased from 1012.94 (SD = 1322.943) to 682.11 (SD = 754.89); having a stress goal significantly predicted a higher post-coaching positive affect and well-being, controlling the pre-score and other demographic factors: B = 0.37 and p < 0.05. Peer coaching showed a promising effect on improving PA and positive affect and well-being among college students. |
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spelling | pubmed-100052452023-03-11 An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study Yan, Zi Peacock, Jessica Cohen, Juliana F. W. Kurdziel, Laura Benes, Sarah Oh, Seungbin Bowling, April Nutrients Article This study explored the effects of an 8-week peer coaching program on physical activity (PA), diet, sleep, social isolation, and mental health among college students in the United States. A total of 52 college students were recruited and randomized to the coaching (n = 28) or the control group (n = 24). The coaching group met with a trained peer health coach once a week for 8 weeks focusing on self-selected wellness domains. Coaching techniques included reflective listening, motivational interviews, and goal setting. The control group received a wellness handbook. PA, self-efficacy for eating healthy foods, quality of sleep, social isolation, positive affect and well-being, anxiety, and cognitive function were measured. No interaction effects between time and group were significant for the overall intervention group (all p > 0.05), while the main effects of group difference on moderate PA and total PA were significant (p < 0.05). Goal-specific analysis showed that, compared to the control group, those who had a PA goal significantly increased vigorous PA Metabolic Equivalent of Task (METs) (p < 0.05). The vigorous METs for the PA goal group increased from 1013.33 (SD = 1055.12) to 1578.67 (SD = 1354.09); the control group decreased from 1012.94 (SD = 1322.943) to 682.11 (SD = 754.89); having a stress goal significantly predicted a higher post-coaching positive affect and well-being, controlling the pre-score and other demographic factors: B = 0.37 and p < 0.05. Peer coaching showed a promising effect on improving PA and positive affect and well-being among college students. MDPI 2023-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10005245/ /pubmed/36904282 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15051284 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Yan, Zi Peacock, Jessica Cohen, Juliana F. W. Kurdziel, Laura Benes, Sarah Oh, Seungbin Bowling, April An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study |
title | An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study |
title_full | An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study |
title_fullStr | An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study |
title_full_unstemmed | An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study |
title_short | An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study |
title_sort | 8-week peer health coaching intervention among college students: a pilot randomized study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10005245/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36904282 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15051284 |
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