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A Pilot Study of a Cohort-Based Solution-Focused Wellness Group for Graduate Students Using Solution-Focused Coaching 🇵🇱 🇷🇴

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Beauchemin, James, Krueger, Danya, Newman, Jennifer, Beitelspacher, Paul·2022·Journal of Solution Focused Practices

Abstract

Graduate students experience heightened levels of stress, compromising their well-being and predisposing them to mental health disorders. Graduate students are over six times more likely to experience depression and anxiety than the general population. Despite the presence of counseling services on college and university campuses, graduate students are less likely to access these services and more prone to utilize alternative institutional supports (i.e., faculty advisors or peer counselors). This pilot study assessed the effectiveness of a six-week solution focused wellness (SFW) group intervention with a graduate program cohort using a pre-post, mixed-methods design. A total of twenty-seven (N = 27) participants were included in the study. Results demonstrated significant differences in well-being, mental health, and perceived wellness between baseline and six-weeks for both the cohort group (n = 9) and the general wellness group (n = 18). ANCOVA revealed significant between-group differences for well-being and perceived wellness indicating that the cohort group improved more across wellness-specific variables. Three primary themes emerged from the qualitative data including: awareness of wellness needs, peer support, and multidimensional wellness. The aggregated results support the effectiveness of a cohort approach to graduate student wellness group implementation. Polish (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i5vZm2QRKOiZcfxklOYRq5O2rczq4vey/view?usp=drive_link) Romanian (https://drive.google.com/file/d/18u8iXxksKznZzfWXp1xZFK5I4dhkn-XG/view?usp=drive_link)

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This pilot pre-post mixed-methods study assessed a six-week web-based solution-focused wellness group for graduate students, comparing a cohort group (n = 9) with a general graduate wellness group (n = 18). Both groups improved on well-being, mental health, and perceived wellness, and the cohort group showed greater improvement on well-being and perceived wellness.

Key findings

  • Among the cohort group (n = 9), significant pre-post improvements were found for well-being (M = 18.77 to 22.67; t = 5.75, p < .01), mental health (M = 8.00 to 6.56; t = 2.39, p < .05), and perceived wellness (M = 166.22 to 174.22; t = 3.05, p < .05); no significant changes were found for life satisfaction or happiness.
  • The general wellness group (n = 18) also improved on well-being (M = 17.06 to 18.83; t = 2.45, p < .05), mental health (M = 8.27 to 6.83; t = 3.42, p < .05), and perceived wellness (M = 155.28 to 159.28; t = 3.53, p < .01).
  • ANCOVA revealed significant between-group differences for well-being, F(1, 24) = 2.04, p < .01, with a reported large effect (ηp² = .521), and perceived wellness, F(1, 24) = 2.84, p < .01, with a reported large effect (ηp² = .105), indicating the cohort group improved more across wellness-specific variables.
  • Qualitative interviews (n = 7; 78% of the cohort group) produced three themes: awareness of wellness needs, peer support, and multidimensional wellness; inter-rater reliability was 90%, 90%, and 80% respectively.

Methods

  • Pre-post, mixed-methods pilot design; 36 participants were recruited, and 27 were analyzed after attrition (cohort wellness group n = 9 from the same master-level program; general graduate wellness group n = 18 from various master and doctoral programs, separated into two groups). No control group was used; all 27 participants received the intervention.
  • Intervention: six consecutive weekly 60-minute web-based group sessions, each themed on a wellness domain, delivered through solution-focused coaching techniques; facilitators were Master’s degree clinicians trained and supervised, with fidelity checklists yielding a self-reported mean of 6.8 and 6.7 for two recorded sessions as assessed by a licensed clinician.
  • Measures included the SWLS, WHO-5, SHS, PWS, and PHQ-4; analysis used paired samples t-tests, ANCOVA with pre-intervention scores as covariates, and Applied Thematic Analysis of semi-structured interviews.

Limitations

  • Stated: the small cohort intervention sample (n = 9) limits generalizability; as a pilot study, future work should include multiple cohorts, multiple institutions and locations, varying cohort sizes, and longitudinal follow-up.
  • Stated: potential social desirability bias may be heightened by having peers as fellow participants; the pre-post mixed-methods design did not include longitudinal follow-up assessments.
  • Evident from the text: no control group was utilized; attrition was 9 participants, and dropouts scored significantly lower on pretest life satisfaction, t(2.87), p < .05; the qualitative interview sample was small (n = 7).

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    Graduate students are over six times more likely to experience depression and anxiety than the general population.

    “Graduate students are over six times more likely to experience depression and anxiety than the general population.”
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    A solution-focused approach enables individual conceptualization of wellness relevant to personal values, culture, lived experiences, and perception of wellbeing.

    “A solution-focused approach enables individual conceptualization of wellness relevant to personal values, culture, lived experiences, and perception of wellbeing.”
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    Happiness, satisfaction with life, and well-being are constructs that theoretically should be highly correlated with personal wellness.

    “Specifically, measures were included to assess participant happiness, satisfaction with life, and wellbeing, constructs that theoretically should be highly correlated with personal wellness.”
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    The SFW intervention can be delivered in an individual or group context.

    “The SFW intervention can be delivered in an individual or group context.”
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    There is a paucity of research examining the effectiveness of supports specific to academic cohorts.

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    Wellness is subjective and personal in nature.

    “The subjective and personal nature of wellness coupled with an approach that integrates a social constructivist lens encouraged individuals to construct their wellness in alignment with their values and culture.”
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Metadata

Authors
Beauchemin, J., Krueger, D., Newman, J., & Beitelspacher, P.
Affiliations
Boise State University (US)
Venue
Journal of Solution Focused Practices
Published
2022-07-18
Volume
6
Issue
1
ISSN
  • 2203-6784 (ISSN-L)
  • 2831-3747
  • 2831-3739
OpenAlex
W4382045528
Cited by
2
References
21
Citations by year
2026: 2
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of solution-focused brief therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Digital Scholarship - UNLV (University of Nevada Reno) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Problem Solving Skills Development
  • Social Sciences › Education › Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
Keywords
graduate students, student well-being, solution-focused coaching, mental health, stress, depression, anxiety, peer support, perceived wellness, access to counseling services

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