Young adults who experience depression and/or anxiety symptoms (i.e., internalizing symptoms) will be randomly allocated to a six-session meaning-centered intervention condition or a waitlist condition. Both conditions receive the same questionnaires at baseline, post assessment (intervention condition: immediately after the final session; waitlist: four weeks after baseline), and follow-up.
The researchers hypothesize that a meaning-centered intervention for individuals with internalizing symptoms will increase participants' meaning in life and reduce their internalizing symptoms at post assessment and 4-week follow-up when compared to a waitlist condition.
heightened internalizing symptoms (depression and/or anxiety symptoms) as indicated by PHQ-4 score of 2 or above on either the anxiety or depression subscale
receiving psychotherapeutic treatment for a depressive or anxiety disorder
suicidality
Parallel
Meaning-centered intervention for individuals who tend to feel down or anxious
Behavioral* Six 1-hour individual online sessions, approximately every 4 days * Sessions led by a certified trainer based on intervention manual * Four sources of meaning will be explored: personal life story, dealing with life's limitations, creating one's own life, and meaningful experiences * Participants follow intervention using intervention the workbook * Homework assignments designed to deepen participants' experience and reflection on meaning in their daily lives
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21)
self-report questionnaire: DASS-21: sum score (0-63), 4-point Likert scale (0-3), higher scores indicating higher internalizing symptoms)
Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ); presence of meaning subscale
self-report questionnaire: MLQ: sum score (5-35), 7-point Likert scale (1-7), higher scores indicating higher presence of life meaning
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