Chatbot-based Mindfulness Programme for Depressive University Students: Pilot Intervention Study

During the intervention, participants will be involved in a developed chatbot and undergo a single-item assessment to verify the stability of their mental states for subsequent mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) sessions, deemed stable if rated as excellent, very good, or good; They will then engage in conversations with the chatbot, responding to prompts like What is the most recent thing that made you happy? to foster interactive communication and relaxation. Subsequently, participants need to follow guided MBSR sessions and are encouraged to interact with the chatbot for at least one hour daily; all interactions will be monitored and recorded. After eight weeks, a post-intervention assessment will be conducted, followed by pre-post statistical analyses. A total of ten participants with the most and least significant changes in depression levels will be selected for an open-ended questionnaire.