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The Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ) may offer an efficient intervention for this context. this study examined the effectiveness of a brief face\u2010to\u2010face group adaptation of the\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      in treatment\u2010seeking university students, 12\u2010month follow\u2010up effects, and whether neuroticism, extraversion, and self\u2010compassion mediated treatment effects.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A quasi\u2010experimental mixed design included UP group treatment, a waitlist control condition (WLC), and repeated measures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      One hundred and two students attending a university psychological service were assigned to UP group treatment (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200951) or WLC (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200951). Depression, anxiety, stress, neuroticism, extraversion, self\u2010compassion, and quality of life were assessed at baseline (T1) and post\u2010treatment\/waitlist reassessment (T2; 9\u2009weeks) and additionally at 12\u2010month follow\u2010up (T3) for the UP group.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>UP participants showed significant reductions in depression, anxiety, stress, and neuroticism, and significant improvements in quality of life and self\u2010compassion, with moderate to large effect sizes. Most treatment gains were maintained at follow\u2010up, and quality of life and neuroticism continued to improve over time. Mediation analyses suggested that neuroticism reductions mediated emotional symptoms and quality\u2010of\u2010life improvements, whereas self\u2010compassion increases mediated stress reduction and quality\u2010of\u2010life improvement. Extraversion was not a unique mediator when considered alongside neuroticism and self\u2010compassion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A group adaptation of the UP may be a clinically useful and efficient intervention for treatment\u2010seeking university students with emotional symptoms. 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