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Research Resources for University Student Mental Health SIG

This section includes resources that might be helpful for conducting CBS-based research in colleges and universities (e.g., assessment measures, relevant articles/chapters, posters).

Assessment Measures

JCBS Articles

  • Arauz, J., Danitz, S. B., Orsillo, S. M., & Coyne, L. W. (2017). A preliminary exploration of education values, distress, and acceptance among self-identified white and non-white incoming college freshmen at a private university. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(3), 288-292.
  • Chase, J. A., Houmanfar, R., Hayes, S. C., Ward, T. A., Vilardaga, J. P. & Follette V. (2013). Values are not just goals: Online ACT-based values training adds to goal setting in improving undergraduate college student performance. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2, 79-84.
  • Dixon, M. R., Wilson, A. N., & Habib, R. (2016). Neurological evidence of acceptance and commitment therapy effectiveness in college-age gamblers. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 5 (2), 80-88.
  • Eisenbeck, N., Carreno, D. F., Uclés-Juárez, R. (2019) From psychological distress to academic procrastination: Exploring the role of psychological inflexibility. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 13, 103-108.
  • Firestone, J.,Cardaciotto, L., Levin, M. E., Goldbacher, E., Vernig, P., & Eubanks Gambreld, L. (2019) A web-based self-guided program to promote valued-living in college students: A pilot study. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 12, 29-38.
  • Florez, I. A., Schulenberg, S.E., Lair, E.C., Wilson, K.G., and Johnson, K.A. (2019) Understanding meaning and racial prejudice: Examining self-transcendence and psychological inflexibility in a sample of White college students. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 12, 1-6.
  • Flynn, M. K., Hernandez, J. O., Hebert, E.R., James, K.K., & Kusick, M. K. (2018) Cognitive fusion among Hispanic college students: Further validation of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 7, 29-34.
  • Gagnon, J., Dionne, F., Balbinotti, M., & Monestès, J. (2017). Dimensionality and validity of the Committed Action Questionnaire (CAQ-8) in a chronic pain and university student population. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(3), 252-260.
  • Glick, D.M., Millstein, D.J., Orsillo, S.M. (2014) A preliminary investigation of the role of psychological inflexibility in academic procrastination. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 3(2), 81-88.
  • Kroska, E. B., Calarge, C., O’Hara, M. W., Deumic, E., & Dindo, L. (2017). Burnout and depression in medical students: Relations with avoidance and disengagement. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(4), 404-408.
  • Levin, M. E., Krafft, J., Pistorello, J., & Seeley, J. R. (2019) Assessing psychological inflexibility in university students: Development and validation of the acceptance and action questionnaire for university students (AAQ-US). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 12, 199-206.
  • Manavipour, D., & Saeedian, Y. (2016). The role of self-compassion and control belief about learning in university students' self-efficacy. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 5, 121.
  • Manbeck, M. E., Kanter, J. W.,Kuczynski, A. M., Fine, L., Corey, M. D., & Maitland, D. W. M. (2018) Improving relations among conservatives and liberals on a college campus: A preliminary trial of a contextual-behavioral intervention. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 10, 120-125.
  • Masuda, A., Hill, M. L., Tully, E. C., & Garcia, S. E. (2015). The role of disordered eating cognition and body image flexibility in disordered eating behavior in college men. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4(1), 12-20.
  • Moyer, D. N., Murrell, A. R., Connally, M. L., & Steinberg, D. S. (2017). Showing up for class: Training graduate students in acceptance and commitment therapy. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(1), 114-118.
  • Sandoz, E. K., Kellum, K. K., & Wilson, K. G. (2017). Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of acceptance and commitment training for academic success of at-risk college students from low income families. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(1), 71-79.
  • Tavakoli, N., Broyles, A., Reid, E. K., Sandoval, J. R., & Correa-Fernández, V. (2019) Psychological inflexibility as it relates to stress, worry, generalized anxiety, and somatization in an ethnically diverse sample of college students. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 11, 1-5.
  • Webb, J. B. (2015). Body image flexibility contributes to explaining the link between body dissatisfaction and body appreciation in White college-bound females. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4, 176-183.

Randomized Controlled Trials

  • Morin, L., Grégoire, S. & Lachance, L. (2021) Processes of change within acceptance and commitment therapy for university students: Preliminary evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of American College Health, 69(6), 592-601. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1705828
  • Eustis, E. H., Hayes-Skelton, S. A., Orsillo, S. M., & Roemer, L. (2018). Surviving and thriving during stress: A randomized clinical trial comparing a brief web-based therapist assisted acceptance-based behavioral intervention versus waitlist control for college students. Behavior Therapy, 49, 889-903.
  • Grégoire, S., Lachance, L., Bouffard, T., & Dionne, F. (2018). The use of acceptance and commitment therapy to promote mental health and school engagement in university students: A multi-site randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy, 3, 360-372.
  • Levin, M. E., Haeger, J., Pierce, B. G. & Twohig, M. P. (2017). Web-based acceptance and commitment therapy for mental health problems in college students: A randomized controlled trial. Behavior Modification, 41, 141-162.
  • Räsänen, P., Lappalainen, P., Muotka, J., & Lappalainen, R. (2016). An online guided ACT intervention for enhancing the psychological wellbeing of university students: A randomized controlled clinical trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 78, 30-42.
  • Dixon, M. R., Wilson, A. N., & Habib, R. (2016). Neurological evidence of acceptance and commitment therapy effectiveness in college-age gamblers. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 5, 80-88.
  • Hong, M. N., & Son, C. N. (2015). Effects of acceptance and commitment therapy on somatic symptoms, somato-sensory amplification, self-absorption, and experiential avoidance of university students with somatic symptoms. The Korean Journal of Stress Research, 23, 127-135.
  • Glick, D.M. & Orsillo, S.M. (2015). An investigation of the efficacy of acceptance-based behavioral therapy for academic procrastination. Jounral of Experimental Psychology: General, 144, 400-409.
  • Danitz, S.B. & Orsillo, S.M. (2014). The mindful way through the semester: An investigation of the effectiveness of an acceptance-based behavioral therapy program on psychological wellness in first-year students. Behavior Modification, 38, 549-566.
  • Kwon, S. I., & Chung, H. H. (2014). Effects of the acceptance and commitment therapy program on psychological adjustment of university students with a high level of social anxiety. Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Korea, 14(2), 145-164.
  • Katterman, S. N., Goldstein, S. P., Butryn, M. L., Forman, E. M., & Lowe, M. R. (2014). Efficacy of an acceptance-based behavioral intervention for weight gain prevention in young adult women. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 3, 45-50.
  • Levin, M.E., Pistorello, J., Hayes, S.C. & Seeley, J. (2014). Feasibility of a prototype web-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy prevention program for college students. Journal of American College Health, 62, 20-30.
  • Yadavaia, J.E., Hayes, S.C. & Vilardaga, R. (2014). Using acceptance and commitment therapy to increase self-compassion: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 3, 248-257.
  • Chase, J.A., Houmanfar, R., Hayes, S.C., Ward, T.A., Vilardaga, J.P. & Follette, V. (2013). Values are not just goals: Online ACT-based values training adds to goal setting in improving undergraduate college student performance. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2, 79-84.
  • Brown, L. A., Forman, E. M., Herbert, J. D., Hoffman, K. L., Yuen, E. K. and Goetter, E. M. (2011). A randomized controlled trial of acceptance-based behavior therapy and cognitive therapy for test anxiety: A pilot study. Behavior Modification, 35, 31-53.
  • Butryn, M. L., Forman, E., Hoffman, K., Shaw, J., & Juarascio, A. (2011). A pilot study of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for promotion of physical activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 8, 516-522.
  • Muto, T., Hayes, S. C., & Jeffcoat, T. (2011). The effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy bibliotherapy for enhancing the psychological health of Japanese college students living abroad. Behavior Therapy, 42, 323–335.
  • Hinton, M. J. & Gaynor, S. T. (2010). Cognitive defusion for psychological distress, dysphoria, and low self-esteem: A randomized technique evaluation trial of vocalizing strategies. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 6, 164-185.
  • Masuda, A., Hayes, S. C., Fletcher, L. B., Seignourel, P. J., Bunting, K., Herbst, S. A., Twohig, M. P., & Lillis, J. (2007). The impact of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy versus education on stigma toward people with psychological disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(11), 2764-2772.
  • Zettle, R. D. (2003). Acceptance and commitment therapy vs. systematic desensitization in treatment of mathematics anxiety. The Psychological Record, 53(2), 197-215.

Publications

  • Lewin, R. K., Acuff, S. F., Berlin, K. S., Berman, J. S., & Murrell, A. R. (2021 in press). Group-based acceptance and commitment therapy to enhance graduate student psychological flexibility: Treatment development and preliminary implementation evaluation. Journal of American college health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.1881522
  • Haeger, J.A., Davis, C.H. & Levin, M.E. (2020) Utilizing ACT daily as a self-guided app for clients waiting for services at a college counseling center: A pilot study. Journal of American College Health. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1763366
  • Drake, C. E., Masuda, A., Dalsky, D., Stevens, K. T., Kramer, S., Primeaux, S. J., Muto, T., & Mitamura, T. (2019). Examining U.S. and Japanese college students’ differences in psychological distress: The mediating roles of valued action and experiential avoidance. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling, 41 (1), 25-40. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10447-018-9342-2
  • Gagnon, J., Dionne, F., Raymond, G. & Simon Grégoire, S. (2019). Pilot study of a Web-based acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for university students to reduce academic procrastination. Journal of American College Health, 67(4), 374-382. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1484361
  • Juberg, M., Spencer, S. D., Martin, T. J., Vibell, J., Da Costa Ferro, A., Kam, B., & Masuda, A. (2019). A mindfulness-based intervention for college students, faculty, and staff: A preliminary Investigation. Clinical Case Studies, 18 (3), 185-199. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1534650119836166
  • Kam, B. Mendoza, H., & Masuda, A. (2018). Mental health help-seeking experience and attitudes in Latina/o American, Asian American, Black American, and White American college students. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10447-018-9365-8
  • Levin, M.E., Pistorello, J., Seeley, J.R., & Hayes, S.C. (2014). Feasibility of a Prototype Web-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Prevention Program for College Students. Journal of American College Health, 62(1), 20-30. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2013.843533
  • Levin, M.E., Lillis, J., Seeley, J., Hayes, S.C, Pistorello, J. & Biglan, A. (2012). Exploring the Relationship Between Experiential Avoidance, Alcohol Use Disorders, and Alcohol-Related Problems Among First-Year College Students. Journal of American College Health, 60(6), 443-448. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2012.673522

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