Randomized controlled trial of the Resilience and Coping Intervention (RCI) with undergraduate university students. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Houston, J. Brian; First, Jennifer; Spialek, Matthew L.; Sorenson, Mary E.; Mills-Sandoval, Toby; Lockett, McKenzie; First, Nathan L.; Nitiéma, Pascal; Allen, Sandra F.; Pfefferbaum, Betty
• Is Part Of: Journal of American college health. Volume 65:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 9
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Anxiety -- coping -- depression -- group -- hope -- intervention -- resilience -- stress; College students -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Periodicals; College students -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; College students -- Mental health -- Periodicals; Universities and colleges -- Health promotion services -- Periodicals; 362.10883781980973
• DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2016.1227826
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0744-8481

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Objective : The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the Resilience and Coping Intervention (RCI) with college students.Participants : College students (aged 18–23) from a large Midwest US university who volunteered for a randomized controlled trial during the 2015 spring semester.Methods : College students were randomly assigned to an intervention ( n = 64) or a control ( n = 65) group. Intervention participants received three 45-minute RCI sessions over subsequent weeks. All participants completed pre- and post-intervention assessments at the beginning of Week 1 and end of Week 3. Student resilience, coping, hope, stress, depression, and anxiety were assessed.Results . RCI participants reported significantly more hope and less stress and depression from Week 1 to Week 3 compared with control participants. Results for resilience also approached statistical significance. Effect sizes were small to moderate.Conclusions : This study found preliminary evidence that RCI is an effective resilience intervention for use with college students.