Facilitating connection to enhance college student well-being: Evaluation of an experiential group program

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2022-05-16 DOI:10.1002/ajcp.12601

Meghan A. Costello, Alison G. Nagel, Gabrielle L. Hunt, Ariana J. Rivens, Olivia A. Hazelwood, Corey Pettit, Joseph P. Allen

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Abstract

This randomized controlled trial examined the impact of The Connection Project, an experiential, relationship-focused intervention designed to improve school belongingness and decrease symptoms of depression and loneliness among new college students. Participants were 438 first-year and transfer students (232 treatment, 206 waitlist-control) at a medium-sized, 4years, predominantly White public university in the Southeastern United States. At postintervention, the treatment group reported significant relative increases in school belonging and significant relative reductions in levels of loneliness and depressive symptoms in comparison to waitlist-controls. Program effects were stronger for students from marginalized racial or ethnic backgrounds, students from lower socioeconomic status households, and transfer students. Results are interpreted as suggesting the utility of experiential, peer-support prevention programming to promote college students' well-being, particularly college students who hold identities that are traditionally disadvantaged in this context.

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促进联系，提高大学生的幸福感:一个体验小组项目的评估

这项随机对照试验检验了“连接项目”的影响。“连接项目”是一项以体验为中心的关系干预，旨在改善大学新生的校园归属感，减少抑郁和孤独的症状。参与者是438名一年级和转学生(232名治疗组，206名候补组)，来自美国东南部一所以白人为主的4年制中型公立大学。在干预后，与候补组相比，治疗组报告了学校归属感的显著增加，孤独感和抑郁症状的显著减少。来自边缘种族或族裔背景的学生、来自社会经济地位较低家庭的学生和转学生的项目效果更强。研究结果表明，体验性、同伴支持的预防规划有助于促进大学生的幸福感，尤其是那些在这一背景下具有传统弱势身份的大学生。

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American journal of community psychology Multiple-

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6.30

自引率

9.70%

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期刊介绍： The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; theoretical papers; empirical reviews; reports of innovative community programs or policies; and first person accounts of stakeholders involved in research, programs, or policy. The journal encourages submissions of innovative multi-level research and interventions, and encourages international submissions. The journal also encourages the submission of manuscripts concerned with underrepresented populations and issues of human diversity. The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes research, theory, and descriptions of innovative interventions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: individual, family, peer, and community mental health, physical health, and substance use; risk and protective factors for health and well being; educational, legal, and work environment processes, policies, and opportunities; social ecological approaches, including the interplay of individual family, peer, institutional, neighborhood, and community processes; social welfare, social justice, and human rights; social problems and social change; program, system, and policy evaluations; and, understanding people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts.