TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Psychosocial impacts on college students providing mental health peer support
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Johnson, Benjamin A.
A1  - Riley, Joan B.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - <b>Objective</b>: To examine psychosocial effects on college student peer support workers of providing mental health peer support as compared to other trained student workers. <b>Participants</b>: From August 2016 through May 2017, undergraduate students trained to provide mental health peer support were compared to trained student workers not providing peer support. <b>Methods</b>: A post-training, post-working survey design was used to assess psychosocial effects using Keyes' Mental Health Continuum Short Form, the Deakin Coping Scale, and the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List. <b>Results</b>: At completion of training, peer supporters had lower flourishing (-9.5%, <i>p</i> = 0.090) than controls. After 6 weeks' work, peer supporters exhibited lowered avoidance coping (-62%, <i>p</i> = 0.023), and more belonging support (+9.5%, <i>p</i> = 0.044). <b>Conclusions</b>: Peer supporters' mental wellness does not decrease over the course of working as a mental health peer support worker; conversely, some aspects of well-being improve.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1660351
ID  - ref1
ER  -