TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Efficacy of contact intervention videos on college students' intentions toward mental health help-seeking
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Kruger, Eryn
A1  - Pitts, Steven C.
A1  - Denenny, Danielle
A1  - DeLuca, Joseph S.
A1  - Schiffman, Jason
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Untreated mental health (MH) concerns have significant implications for college students. This study examined the efficacy of a video contact intervention targeting students' intentions to seek counseling. Participants: One-hundred and sixty-three college students (Mage = 21.05, SD = 2.20) from a Mid-Atlantic university participated. The sample was predominantly female (74%). <br><br>METHOD: Students were randomly assigned to view a student-targeted contact video (ie, clips from college students who share their mental health experiences), a MH comparison contact video, or a non-MH comparison video. Intentions to seek counseling and psychological distress were measured pretest and post-test. <br><br>RESULTS: Intentions to seek counseling significantly increased from pretest to post-test in the student-targeted contact video condition (F[1, 156] = 22.75, p <.001, partial η2 =.13), but not in the comparison conditions. Further, this effect was only observed among participants who reported preexisting psychological distress (F[1, 153] = 28.00, p <.001, partial η2 =.16). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study provides initial support for the utility of a student-targeted contact intervention video for increasing help-seeking intentions among those reporting current psychological distress.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1842417
ID  - ref1
ER  -