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ERIC Number: EJ1433042
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Response and Ongoing Skills Use Following a Single-Session Virtual Cognitive Behavioral Workshop for Graduate Students
Emily E. Bernstein; Nicole J. LeBlanc; Richard J. McNally
Journal of American College Health, v72 n6 p1961-1970 2024
Objective Graduate students frequently experience anxiety, depression, and psychological distress. Counseling centers struggle to meet this need. Brief, skills-based treatments to mitigate burgeoning or mild mental health problems could alleviate this problem. Participants Participants were 51 graduate students in years one through seven of their respective programs. Methods We examined a single-session virtual cognitive behavioral workshop and outcomes up to 6-months later. Results The program was feasible, acceptable, and beneficial for mood, anxiety, and emotion regulation, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. A majority of participants reported ongoing skills use at follow-up. Primary barriers to more frequent use were forgetting, time constraints, and difficulty when experiencing strong emotions. Few participants endorsed expecting that skills would not be helpful or forgetting how to use skills. Conclusions This intervention may provide scalable, much needed aid to graduate schools. Moreover, results highlight opportunities for further enhancing brief interventions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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