ERIC Number: EJ1340098
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Brief, Peer-Delivered Motivational Interview Promotes Help Seeking Behavior among College Students with Needle Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Finitsis, David J.; Cruess, Dean G.; Pinnamaraju, Sharishma; Robinson, Paul; Woodruff, Torri A.
Journal of American College Health, v70 n3 p654-659 2022
Needle anxiety symptoms are prevalent among college students and predict lack of engagement in student health initiatives including influenza immunization programs. Most do not seek treatment for their anxiety. Objective: To develop and test a peer-delivered, brief motivational interview to promote help-seeking behaviors among college students with needle anxiety symptoms. Participants/Methods: 61 university students who reported needle anxiety symptoms and having avoided medical situations involving needles in the last year were randomized to intervention or control conditions. Analyses compared self-reported help seeking behaviors at three months post-intervention. Results: Intervention group participants were more than twice as likely to report help-seeking behavior at follow up (IR = 2.41; 95%CI = 1.29, 4.50; p=0.006) than the control group. Participants also endorsed high levels of satisfaction with the intervention. Conclusions: This pilot intervention appears acceptable and feasible to implement using peers in the college setting. There is preliminary evidence for efficacy, with larger-scale replication needed.
Descriptors: Anxiety, Immunization Programs, Intervention, Help Seeking, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Student Characteristics, Peer Counseling
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Public Health Service (PHS) (DHHS)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Grant or Contract Numbers: T32MH074387
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