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dc.contributor.authorBrandolin, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorLappalainen, Päivi
dc.contributor.authorGorinelli, Simone
dc.contributor.authorMuotka, Joona
dc.contributor.authorRäsänen, Panajiota
dc.contributor.authorLappalainen, Raimo
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-20T11:07:11Z
dc.date.available2023-04-20T11:07:11Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationBrandolin, F., Lappalainen, P., Gorinelli, S., Muotka, J., Räsänen, P., & Lappalainen, R. (2023). The effectiveness of a five-session workshop on the distress of international students in Finland : a pilot study. <i>British Journal of Guidance and Counselling</i>, <i>51</i>(6), 865-882. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2023.2165636" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2023.2165636</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_182829744
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/86475
dc.description.abstractThe mental health of international students has become a concern, as they face high levels of psychological distress. We designed a five-week acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) workshop with two additional individual assessment meetings. The intervention aimed at helping international students attending a Finnish university to reduce their symptoms of stress, depression, and anxiety, and enhance skills of psychological flexibility. The post-assessment was conducted seven weeks after the pre-measurement. Using data from 53 participants, an evaluation indicated that statistically and clinically significant reductions in symptoms were observed, and the workshop was well received. Regression analyses revealed that changes in psychological inflexibility, mindfulness, and value-based living acted as predictors of change in symptoms. Furthermore, changes in these psychological skills predicted changes in different kinds of distress. This study suggests that a brief group intervention might be a feasible alternative for enhancing the psychological well-being of international students.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBritish Journal of Guidance and Counselling
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.othermental health
dc.subject.otherinternational students
dc.subject.otheracceptance and commitment therapy
dc.subject.otherpsychological flexibility
dc.titleThe effectiveness of a five-session workshop on the distress of international students in Finland : a pilot study
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202304202590
dc.contributor.laitosPsykologian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Psychologyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineResurssiviisausyhteisöfi
dc.contributor.oppiainePsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineHyvinvoinnin tutkimuksen yhteisöfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineSchool of Resource Wisdomen
dc.contributor.oppiainePsychologyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineSchool of Wellbeingen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange865-882
dc.relation.issn0306-9885
dc.relation.numberinseries6
dc.relation.volume51
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2023 the Authors
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dc.subject.ysohyväksymis- ja omistautumisterapia
dc.subject.ysovaihto-opiskelijat
dc.subject.ysomielenterveys
dc.subject.ysokorkeakouluopiskelu
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jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p20112
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p22960
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p1949
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p13164
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1080/03069885.2023.2165636
jyx.fundinginformationThe study was partially funded by Student Life, a unit of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland; Jyväskylän yliopisto Psykologian laitos.
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