Houston JB, First J, Spialek ML, Sorenson ME, Mills-Sandoval T, Lockett M, First NL, Nitiéma P, Allen SF, Pfefferbaum B. Randomized controlled trial of the Resilience and Coping Intervention (RCI) with undergraduate university students.
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH : J OF ACH 2017;
65:1-9. [PMID:
27559857 DOI:
10.1080/07448481.2016.1227826]
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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.
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