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Universal online interventions might engage psychologically distressed university students who are unlikely to seek formal help
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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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Metadata
- Authors
- Ryan, M. L., Shochet, I. M., & Stallman, H. M.
- Affiliations
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Venue
- Advances in Mental Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- 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
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 9.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- 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
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › 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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