The Effectiveness of the "MINDLiNG" Digital Mental Health Intervention

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Personality Trait-focused Digital Mental Health Intervention

A study in South Korea assessed the effectiveness of the "MINDLiNG" digital mental healthcare program, targeting maladaptive personality traits, and found significant improvements in reducing stress, perfectionism, loneliness, and anxiety, while increasing self-esteem among participants. The study highlights the potential of digital solutions to address the high demand for mental healthcare services in South Korea.

This study conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital intervention program called "MINDLiNG" designed to target maladaptive personality traits, with four subprograms addressing perfectionism, low self-esteem, social isolation, and anxiety. Participants were assigned to one of these programs, and primary outcome measures varied accordingly, including the Perceived Stress Scale, Hewitt Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, State Self-Esteem Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Beck Anxiety Inventory. The study anticipated treatment effects in both primary and secondary outcome measures for the treatment group compared to the waitlist group after 5 and 10 weeks of intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults between the ages of 18 and 60
• Experiencing a moderate level of stress in their daily lives (PSS≥17) and meet a certain level of perfectionism (HMPS≥198), self-esteem (SSES≤57), loneliness (UCLA LS≥47), and anxiety (BAI≥16). The cutoff points for each scale are based on the top or bottom 25% of the frequency distribution suggested in the previous study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• In cases where there is difficulty understanding and reading Korean.