Responding to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: The Usefulness of an Online Brief Psychological Intervention with Italian University Students

Autor/inn/en	Cerutti, Rita; Spensieri, Valentina; Amendola, Simone; Biuso, Giuseppe Stefano; Renzi, Alessia; Tambelli, Renata
Titel	Responding to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: The Usefulness of an Online Brief Psychological Intervention with Italian University Students
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 60 (2023) 5, S.1499-1513 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cerutti, Rita) ORCID (Amendola, Simone)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.22785
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Stress Variables; College Students; Mental Health; Well Being; Program Effectiveness; Intervention; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Burnout; Psychological Patterns; At Risk Students; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Psychohygiene; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Angst; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about new stressors on university students, with a negative impact on their mental health and well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of a brief psychodynamically oriented intervention on general functioning by investigating changes in symptoms of depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and burnout. The sample was comprised of 67 university students (22.4% males), with a mean age of 23.27 (standard deviation (SD) = 3.27), who asked for psychological help at a psychological university service. Pre- and posttreatment data showed a significant improvement in general functioning and symptom reduction due to the psychological intervention. The mean change was very high for depression (d = 1.11) and high for general functioning (d = 0.70) and anxiety (d = 0.69). Our findings showed the importance of considering university students a vulnerable population that requires specific services within the university context and underlined the fact that mental-health-promotion policies should be extensively implemented. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01