Examining the Mental Health Needs of Post-secondary Students with Child-maltreatment Histories Seeking Campus Counseling Services

Watts, Justin R.; Chumbler, Neale R.; Sharma, Rachita; Baniya, Ganesh

doi:10.1080/87568225.2022.2098001

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“…For students with a history of ACEs, services could focus on helping them recover from potential trauma and preventing or reducing already existing psychopathology symptoms. Evidence indicates that students with ACEs may present with more complex and severe symptoms (Watts et al, 2022), and our results support this. Screening clients for ACEs would enable providers to discern when treatment designed to address potential underlying trauma and its impacts is warranted (e.g., trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and skills training in affective and interpersonal regulation) (Kirlic et al, 2020).…”

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“…Additionally, some students may continue to be exposed to adverse situations during college. For these students, services focused on reducing abuse and household dysfunction could include providing traumainformed individual or group therapy (Watts et al, 2022), information for local and national resources for ACEs survivors, and evidence-based strategies aimed at modifying the conditions that give rise to ACEs (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2019) to help lessen or prevent intergenerational transmission of ACEs.…”

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Relationships Among Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences, Emotion Dysregulation, and Psychopathology Symptoms

2023

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This cross-sectional study sought to examine adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs), and emotion dysregulation as they relate to psychopathology symptoms (posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], anxiety, depression) in university students in emerging adulthood. Students at a United States university (N = 1,498) completed an online survey during the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters. Measures include the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire, Benevolent Childhood Experiences Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Short Form, PTSD Checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 th edition, Patient Health Questionnaire 8, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 Scale. ACEs significantly related to greater symptoms and positive screens for PTSD, depression, and anxiety. BCEs significantly related to fewer symptoms and positive screens for PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Emotion dysregulation was a significant mediator of relationships between ACEs and all symptom types (direct and indirect effects were both significant, supporting partial mediation). Emotion dysregulation was a significant partial mediator of relationships between BCEs and all symptom types (direct and indirect effects were both significant, supporting partial mediation). Results showed significant small moderation effects of BCEs on the relationships of ACEs-emotion dysregulation, ACEs-depression symptoms, ACEs-anxiety symptoms, and emotion dysregulation-PTSD symptoms. Implications for colleges and universities are discussed. KeywordsAdverse childhood experiences • Benevolent childhood experiences • Emotion dysregulation • Psychopathology Concerns regarding the mental health of university students * Tatum Feiler

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Relationships Among Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences, Emotion Dysregulation, and Psychopathology Symptoms

2023

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“…Some studies investigated the mental health [ 40 ] and coping strategies [ 41 ] of help-seeking students and the differences between those who had accessed UCSs versus those who had not [ 42 , 43 ], showing more maladaptive psychological functioning in the first group [ 44 ]. Moreover, among help-seeking students at UCSs, demographic factors such as being first-generation students were associated with more academic distress, work hours, and financial distress than being non-first-generation students [ 45 ].…”

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Psychological Counseling among University Students Worldwide: A Systematic Review

Cerolini,

Zagaria,

Franchini

et al. 2023

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University counseling services (UCSs) are actively involved in mental health assessment and in supplying interventions aimed at preventing, facing and possibly overcoming psychological problems. However, we do not have a global overview of psychological counseling among universities. This systematic review aims at reviewing the literature on university psychological counseling, including articles documenting: (1) mental health and attitudes regarding help-seeking behaviors and UCSs among university students or counselors, (2) the description of protocols/services among UCSs, (3) the efficacy of psychological counseling/interventions among university students (both face-to-face and internet-delivered interventions). The study followed PRISMA guidelines and was registered on PROSPERO. After defining inclusion and exclusion criteria, a literature search was conducted, identifying 7085 records. Finally, 152 articles met the review eligibility criteria and were included in the qualitative synthesis. Results are divided into seven thematic topics that emerged during the analysis of the literature. The results mainly showed that face-to-face and web-based counseling/psychological interventions improve university students’ mental health. Cross-sectional studies showed that many biases exist toward help-seeking behaviors, especially among international students. Both students and counselors must strive to overcome cultural barriers. Available resources for UCSs are scarce and need to be strengthened, as well as efficacy studies through randomized clinical trials.

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Examining the Mental Health Needs of Post-secondary Students with Child-maltreatment Histories Seeking Campus Counseling Services

Cited by 2 publications

References 51 publications

Relationships Among Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences, Emotion Dysregulation, and Psychopathology Symptoms

Relationships Among Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences, Emotion Dysregulation, and Psychopathology Symptoms

Psychological Counseling among University Students Worldwide: A Systematic Review

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