TY - JOUR
T1 - A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Group Prevention Program for Mainland Chinese University Students in Hong Kong
AU - Pan, Jia Yan
AU - Ye, Shengquan
AU - Ng, Petrus Yat Nam
AU - Lu, Lucy
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was financially supported by the General Research Fund in Research Grants Council in Hong Kong (Project No.: HKBU 12607815).
Publisher copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - Purpose: This study developed a culturally appropriate cognitive behavioral group prevention program for Mainland Chinese university students in Hong Kong and tested its effectiveness.Method: A total of 74 Chinese students were recruited and randomly assigned to an 8-week cognitive behavior prevention program (experimental group) or a waiting list control (WLC) group.Results: Compared with the WLC group, participants in the experimental group significantly reduced psychological distress, acculturative stress, negative emotions, and negative thoughts and increased positive emotions, positive thoughts, and postmigration growth, with medium to large effect sizes. Upon immediate completion of the program, about 46% and 30% of the participants in the experimental group and WLC group, respectively, were classified as non-at-risk cases for developing mental health problems.Discussion: The positive intervention effects and clinical implication of cultural adaptation of cognitive behavioral group therapy to Chinese students are discussed.
AB - Purpose: This study developed a culturally appropriate cognitive behavioral group prevention program for Mainland Chinese university students in Hong Kong and tested its effectiveness.Method: A total of 74 Chinese students were recruited and randomly assigned to an 8-week cognitive behavior prevention program (experimental group) or a waiting list control (WLC) group.Results: Compared with the WLC group, participants in the experimental group significantly reduced psychological distress, acculturative stress, negative emotions, and negative thoughts and increased positive emotions, positive thoughts, and postmigration growth, with medium to large effect sizes. Upon immediate completion of the program, about 46% and 30% of the participants in the experimental group and WLC group, respectively, were classified as non-at-risk cases for developing mental health problems.Discussion: The positive intervention effects and clinical implication of cultural adaptation of cognitive behavioral group therapy to Chinese students are discussed.
KW - Chinese international student
KW - cognitive behavioral therapy
KW - mental health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092625448&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1049731520962181
DO - 10.1177/1049731520962181
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092625448
SN - 1049-7315
VL - 31
SP - 180
EP - 193
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
IS - 2
ER -
