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NCT number NCT05451706
Other study ID # ClevelandSU
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date October 1, 2020
Est. completion date January 31, 2021

Study information

Verified date February 2024
Source Cleveland State University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aimed at testing the effectiveness of a longitudinal intervention in increasing college students' intention to seek mental help during the pandemic.


Description:

This study aimed at testing the effectiveness of a longitudinal intervention in increasing college students' intention to seek mental help during the pandemic. A four-armed randomized controlled experiment was conducted to compare two self-persuasion methods against two control conditions. Assessments took place at baseline (T0), post-first treatment (T1), post-second treatment (six weeks, T2), and ten-week follow-up (T3). The results showed that the intervention significantly increased students' help-seeking intention, attitude, and efficacy at different time points. It also reduced mental help-seeking-related stigma after the first task.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 926
Est. completion date January 31, 2021
Est. primary completion date January 30, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 100 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - 18 years old or older - Full-time undergraduate students - Had more than a moderate amount of mental distress Exclusion Criteria: - Under 18 years old - Not full-time undergraduate students - Had less than a moderate amount of mental distress

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Mental help-seeking self-persuasion
Employing a longitudinal design, this study used a self-persuasion framework in a 4-arm intervention to increase college students' help-seeking intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Texas A&M University College Station Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Cleveland State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Help-Seeking Intention Help-Seeking Intention was measured by one item created based on recommendations by Ajzen (2002). Measured on a 5-point scale (1 = extremely unlikely, 5 = extremely likely), this item asked, "If you have a personal-emotional problem, how likely is it that you would seek help from a mental health professional (a psychologist, psychologist, or psychotherapist)?" Higher scores on this item suggest higher intentions to seek professional mental help. 10 weeks
Primary Help-Seeking Behavior Help-Seeking Behavior was measured by a validated item modified from previous research based on the transtheoretical model (Sarkin et al., 2001). The item asked about if a participant has sought mental help from a health care professional. Answers to this item included "1 = not intending to seek help in the next six months," "2 = intending to seek help in the next six months," "3 = planning to seek help in the next 30 days," "4 = have already sought help but for less than six months," and "5 = have been under treatment for more than six months." 10 weeks
Secondary Mental help-seeking attitudes participants rated 1 ("strongly disagree") to 5 ("strongly agree") on ten items of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form (ATSPPHS-SF) (Fischer & Farina, 1995). 10 weeks
Secondary Self-stigma of seeking mental help Participants rated 1 ("strongly disagree") to 5 ("strongly agree") on ten items adopted from the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help (SSOSH) scale (Vogel et al., 2006). 10/2020 - 1/10 weeks
Secondary Mental help-seeking efficacy Mental Help-Seeking Efficacy was measured by five items modified from previous research (Mo & Mak, 2009) and recommendations (Ajzen, 2002). Participants rated 1 ("strongly disagree") to 5 ("strongly agree") on the answers. 10 weeks
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