Marta Marciniak
Title
mHealth interventions for resilience and prevention of stress-related disorders
Abstract
Standalone mobile health (mHealth) interventions represent a promising avenue for enhancing stress resilience and preventing mental health disorders across diverse populations. This presentation will introduce two ecological momentary interventions (EMIs) specifically designed to mechanistically target resilience factors, namely positive cognitive reappraisal and mental imagery. Furthermore, the talk will examine methodological advancements in EMI delivery design, focusing on strategies to enhance engagement, effectiveness, and personalization.
Recent research on Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for stress resilience will also be discussed, highlighting how experience sampling methods and wearable sensors inform decision algorithms for dynamic intervention tailoring. To ensure consistency and comparability across studies, all studies presented during the presentation utilize the same EMIs, ReApp and Imager. These advancements have a potential to enhance the scalability, precision, and real-world applicability of mHealth interventions for mental health and provide a foundation for future research and clinical implementation, fostering more adaptive, personalized, and accessible digital mental health solutions.
Biography
Marta completed her Ph.D. studies at the University of Zurich in 2022. Before that, she obtained Master’s degrees in Psychology and Cognitive Science, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Warsaw. She was funded by the Digital Entrepreneur Fellowship of the UZH Foundation. Her research program is focused on stress resilience, preventing psychopathology, and creating mHealth Ecological Momentary Interventions. Currently, she is Assistant Professor at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam and is project leader from the App-project.