School-based humanistic counseling for psychological distress in young people: pilot randomized controlled trial

TY - JOUR

T1 - School-based humanistic counseling for psychological distress in young people

T2 - pilot randomized controlled trial

AU - McArthur, Katherine

AU - Cooper, Mick

AU - Berdondini, Lucia

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - School-based humanistic counseling (SBHC) is a widely delivered intervention for psychological distress in young people, particularly in the UK. This study piloted a set of procedures for evaluating SBHC and obtaining indications of effect. Psychologically distressed young people (aged 13-16) were randomized to either 12 weeks of SBHC or a waiting list control. The primary outcome was psychological distress at the 12-week endpoint, as measured by the Young Person's CORE. Those allocated to counseling (n=16) showed significantly greater reductions in psychological distress than participants in the control group (n=17), with an effect size (ES) (g) of 1.14 on the primary outcome and a mean ES across all four outcome measures of 0.73 at endpoint. The findings indicate that SBHC may be an effective means of reducing psychological distress in young people.

AB - School-based humanistic counseling (SBHC) is a widely delivered intervention for psychological distress in young people, particularly in the UK. This study piloted a set of procedures for evaluating SBHC and obtaining indications of effect. Psychologically distressed young people (aged 13-16) were randomized to either 12 weeks of SBHC or a waiting list control. The primary outcome was psychological distress at the 12-week endpoint, as measured by the Young Person's CORE. Those allocated to counseling (n=16) showed significantly greater reductions in psychological distress than participants in the control group (n=17), with an effect size (ES) (g) of 1.14 on the primary outcome and a mean ES across all four outcome measures of 0.73 at endpoint. The findings indicate that SBHC may be an effective means of reducing psychological distress in young people.

KW - Adolescent

KW - Child

KW - Counseling

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Pilot Projects

KW - School Health Services

KW - Schools

KW - Stress, Psychological

KW - Students

KW - Treatment Outcome

KW - Waiting Lists

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84878470159

U2 - 10.1080/10503307.2012.726750

DO - 10.1080/10503307.2012.726750

M3 - Article

C2 - 23046314

SN - 1468-4381

VL - 23

SP - 355

EP - 365

JO - Psychotherapy Research

JF - Psychotherapy Research

IS - 3

ER -