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Universal online interventions might engage psychologically distressed university students who are unlikely to seek formal help

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Ryan, Megan L, Shochet, Ian M, Stallman, Helen M·2010·Advances in Mental Health

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University students are a high risk population for mental health problems, yet few seek professional help when experiencing problems. This study explored the potential role of an online intervention for promoting wellbeing in university students, by investigating students’ help-seeking behaviour, intention to use online interventions and student content preference for such interventionss; 254 university students responded to an online survey designed for this study. As predicted, students were less likely to seek help as levels of psychological distress increased. Conversely, intention to use an online intervention increased at higher levels of distress, with 39.1%, 49.4% and 57.7% of low, moderate and severely distressed students respectively indicating they would use an online program supporting student well-being. Results suggest that online interventions may be a useful way to provide help to students in need who otherwise may not seek formal help.

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  • In 2010, 58% of students would like to use online therapy.

    “This proportion has continued to increase over time; in 2010, the percentage was only 58% [10].”

    From Effectiveness and mediators of change of an online CBT intervention for students with adjustment disorder—study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2023) · cites this paper as [10]

    The “Intention to use an online student” section reports that 57.7% of students in the high-distress category intended to use an online student program, but the figure for students overall was 47%. The cited figure therefore applies only to a subgroup, and the program was described as a wellbeing intervention rather than online therapy. Page numbers were not supplied in the passages. (LLM, conf=0.91)

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Authors
Ryan, M. L., Shochet, I. M., & Stallman, H. M.
Affiliations
Queensland University of Technology (AU)
Venue
Advances in Mental Health
Published
2010-08
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
73-83
ISSN
  • 1446-7984 (ISSN-L)
  • 1838-7357
  • 1837-4905
OpenAlex
W2138532568
Cited by
252
References
36
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Advances in Mental Health (publishedVersion)
  • QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
  • Centre for Health Research; Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
Keywords
online intervention, help-seeking, psychological distress, university students, student well-being, content preferences

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