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Study of Student Flourishing
A Multi-Institutional Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial of Student Well-Being Using the Flourish App
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Currently a student at one of the participating institutions * Age 18 or older * Able to provide informed consent
About the study
The goal of this study is to learn how a science-based mobile app, called Flourish, affects student well-being.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Does receiving access to the Flourish app increase well-being (e.g., positive affect, loneliness, belonging) among students? 2. Does using the Flourish app in combination with a human buddy/friend lead to better outcomes than using the app alone?
Researchers will compare three different groups to see if and how the Flourish app works to improve student well-being:
1. Waitlist Control Group: Students continue with existing school resources. 2. Flourish App Group: Students use the Flourish app (a digital toolkit and AI chatbot) twice per week. 3. Flourish App + Buddy Group: Students use the Flourish app twice per week with someone else as a "Flourish Buddy".
Participants will:
Be randomly assigned to one of the three groups listed above. Use the app or continue with regular resources for 6 weeks. Complete four short online surveys about their well-being (at the beginning, during the 6 weeks, and at the end).
What is being tested
- Digital toolkit (behavioral)
- Mental Health America Resources (behavioral)
Sponsor: Flourish Science, Inc. · Participants: 2,500 · Started: Sep 22, 2025
Contact the study team
- Julie YA Cachia, PhD · Phone: 650-898-6664
- Xuan Zhao, PhD · Phone: 408-412-1555
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07259746
Locations in the U.S.
| California | University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Foothill College, Los Altos Hills Chapman University, Orange |
| Colorado | University of Colorado Denver, Denver (Not yet recruiting) |
| Hawaii | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu |
| Kansas | Kansas State University, Manhattan |
| Rhode Island | Brown University, Providence (Not yet recruiting) |
| Washington | University of Washington, Seattle (Not yet recruiting) |
| Wisconsin | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.