Effectiveness of an Internet- and App-Based Intervention for College Students With Elevated Stress: Randomized Controlled Trial

Mathias Harrer   ¹ , BSc ;   Sophia Helen Adam   ¹ , MSc ;   Rebecca Jessica Fleischmann   ¹ , BSc ;   Harald Baumeister   ² , PhD ;   Randy Auerbach   ³ , PhD, ABPP ;   Ronny Bruffaerts   ⁴ , PhD ;   Pim Cuijpers   ⁵ , PhD ;   Ronald C Kessler   ⁶ , PhD ;   Matthias Berking   ¹ , PhD ;   Dirk Lehr   ⁷ , PhD ;   David Daniel Ebert   ¹ , PhD

¹ Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

² Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

³ Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

⁴ Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁵ Department of Clinical, Neuro, and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁶ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁷ Division of Online Health Trainings, Innovation Incubator, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany