ERIC Number: EJ787540
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 9
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Evaluation of a Resilience Intervention to Enhance Coping Strategies and Protective Factors and Decrease Symptomatology
Steinhardt, Mary; Dolbier, Christyn
Journal of American College Health, v56 n4 p445-453 Jan-Feb 2008
Objective: In this pilot study, the authors examined the effectiveness of a 4-week resilience intervention to enhance resilience, coping strategies, and protective factors, as well as decrease symptomatology during a period of increased academic stress. Participants and Methods: College students were randomly assigned to experimental (n = 30) and wait-list control (n = 27) groups. The experimental group received a psychoeducational intervention in 4 two-hour weekly sessions. Measures of resilience, coping strategies, protective factors, and symptomatology were administered pre- and postintervention to both groups. Results: Analyses indicated that the experimental group had significantly higher resilience scores, more effective coping strategies (ie, higher problem solving, lower avoidant), higher scores on protective factors (ie, positive affect, self-esteem, self-leadership), and lower scores on symptomatology (ie, depressive symptoms, negative affect, perceived stress) postintervention than did the wait-list control group. Conclusions: These findings indicate that this resilience program may be useful as a stress-management and stress-prevention intervention for college students. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Stress Management, Problem Solving, Negative Attitudes, Stress Variables, Program Effectiveness, Personality Traits, College Students, Intervention, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Psychoeducational Methods
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Education Level: Higher Education
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