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The online health promotion programme SAM was developed in a multistage process using a participatory design with students at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. The name SAM was derived from the German terms for the three main components of programme content: self-care (\n                      <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                      elbstf\u00fcrsorge), mindfulness (\n                      <jats:italic>A<\/jats:italic>\n                      chtsamkeit), and self-compassion (\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      itgef\u00fchl). It was hypothesised that SAM would (1) increase students\u2019 mindfulness, self-compassion, and well-being and (2) decrease levels of depression, anxiety, and stress.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Subject and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Participants were randomly assigned to either the SAM (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f53) or the low-dose educational group (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f65), both receiving basic content on nutrition, exercise, relaxation, and stress reduction. Students in the SAM group received a self-administered 21-day intervention, and outcomes were assessed using questionnaires.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 118 students participated in both the baseline assessment and postassessment. A mixed-model MANOVA yielded nonsignificant interaction and group effects but a significant time effect in the expected direction for most outcomes. Across both conditions, participants showed improvements in well-being, and self-compassion as well as decreases in depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms at postassessment. Whilst no significant group-level time effect was observed for mindfulness, Reliable Change Index (RCI) analyses indicated clinically meaningful improvement in mindfulness for 13.6% of participants. The highest rates of reliable improvement were found for well-being (21.2%) and self-compassion (20.3%). However, RCI analyses also identified clinically meaningful deterioration in a subset of participants, particularly for depression (19.5%) and stress (13.7%), highlighting substantial heterogeneity in individual responses despite relatively modest changes at the group level.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although no differential effects of the SAM programme were observed, the findings highlight the potential impact of small interventions and offer valuable insights for future research. 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