The Student Counselling Centre at the University of Crete, Greece

Bitsios, Panos; Karademas, Evangelos C.; Mouzaki, Angeliki; Manolitsis, George; Kapellaki, Ourania; Diacatou, A; Archontaki, Arianna; Mamalakis, George; Giovazolias, Theodoros

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“…For college students' health educators, it is to make college students aware of their positive quality with the help of scienti c measurement methods, strengthen their positive personality through active intervention, and then form a healthy psychology [8]. However, the psychological development is relatively backward, which will inevitably bring them great pressure and psychological confusion to adapt and develop, and it is easy to produce psychological crisis [9]. Crisis intervention is to give care and support to the people who are in trouble or suffer setbacks so as to restore their psychological balance [10,11].…”

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Intervention Effect of Group Counseling Based on Positive Psychology on Psychological Crisis of College Student

Zhang

Sun

et al. 2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Objective. To analyze the intervention effect of group counseling based on positive psychology on psychological crisis of college student. Method. SCL-90 mental health screening was performed on second-year students in a college by cluster stratification. Among the detected students, 210 were included into the group after brief interview and randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The control group was given conventional intervention measures, and the experimental group was given group counseling according to the interview results. One week before the start, on the day of the end of the intervention and 3 months after the end of the intervention, the mental health level of all subjects was evaluated by symptom self-rating scale, general well-being scale, and adolescent mental resilience scale. Results. The scores of two groups were different at different time points during the intervention. With the extension of time, the score of the self-rating symptom scale in the experimental group decreased significantly, while the total score of the self-rating symptom scale in the control group increased, with statistical significance P < 0.05 . Before the intervention, there was no significant difference in general well-being between the two groups P > 0.05 . At 3 months after the end of intervention, the total score of the general well-being scale in the experimental group increased, while that in the control group decreased, with statistical significance P < 0.05 . Three months after the end of the intervention, the total score of adolescent mental resilience scale in the experimental group increased. Conclusion. Group counseling from the perspective of positive psychology can effectively improve the mental health status of medical students with psychological crisis and improve their mental resilience.

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Intervention Effect of Group Counseling Based on Positive Psychology on Psychological Crisis of College Student

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Sun

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Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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“…Some articles aimed at presenting UCSs in a specific geographical area [ 51 ], emphasizing the activities offered (e.g., individual and group psychological support, crisis intervention, research, prevention, the support provided to students with special needs, [ 52 ], and calling for more descriptive investigations of the diverse available counseling programs and more outcome research to assess the effectiveness of these services [ 53 ].…”

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“…Results presented in the “Topic 2: Description of counseling services, good practices and purposes to improve the services” section agreed in suggesting that UCSs must be reinforced and empowered in the areas of prevention, psychological support, crisis intervention and research (e.g., [ 52 , 53 ]). Due to the increased use of UCSs by the university population [ 25 ], there is an urgent need to expand the services offered and create collaboration and networks among UCSs.…”

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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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“…The proposed explanatory model of the present study constitutes a significant source of information and awareness for professionals of mental health, such as school, educational and/or counselling psychologists working at university campuses (Seidel et al 2020 ). The findings could imply the importance of launching or enriching university counselling actions (Belskaya et al 2016 ; Bitsios et al 2017 ; Seidel et al 2020 ) to enhance students’ prudent use of social media especially during unstable and crisis periods, such as the pandemic period. At the same time, within these actions interpersonal relationships with peers could be strengthened, especially in the case of the first-year undergraduate students who experience their first transitional period from school to academic life.…”

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Pattern of Facebook use by university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: relations with loneliness and resilience

Touloupis

Sofologi

Tachmatzidis

2023

Soc. Netw. Anal. Min.

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Considering young adults’ extensive use of social media since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the present study examined the pattern of Facebook use by university students during the period of hygienic crisis. Specifically, it was investigated students’ Facebook intensity use and self-disclosure to unknown online friends, as well as the role of sense of resilience and loneliness in the manifestation of the above Facebook behaviors. Overall, 792 undergraduate and postgraduate university students (48% women) completed online self-report questionnaires regarding the above variables. Undergraduate students, regardless of gender and Department of studies, made more intense Facebook use and self-disclosure to unknown online friends. Sense of loneliness positively predicted students’ online self-disclosure not only directly but also indirectly through their Facebook intensity use. Students’ resilience negatively moderated the relationship between sense of loneliness and Facebook behaviors. The findings propose a new explanatory model of emotional and behavioral mechanisms, which leads to a less safe pattern of Facebook use. This pattern possibly reflects youth’s collective tendency to use this social media platform recklessly as a way out of crisis periods, such as the pandemic period. The emergence of this pattern could be useful for launching or enriching university counselling/prevention actions aimed at strengthening students’ psycho-emotional skills, and subsequently their prudent use of social media.

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The Student Counselling Centre at the University of Crete, Greece

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Intervention Effect of Group Counseling Based on Positive Psychology on Psychological Crisis of College Student

Intervention Effect of Group Counseling Based on Positive Psychology on Psychological Crisis of College Student

Psychological Counseling among University Students Worldwide: A Systematic Review

Pattern of Facebook use by university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: relations with loneliness and resilience

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