Up To Me: Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness on College Campuses
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mental Illness
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
- Enrollment
- 201
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Why Try Stigma Scale (WTSS)
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a three-lesson, disclosure-based stigma reduction program meant to reduce barriers to community living and participation for college students with psychiatric disabilities. The goal is to improve community living and participation of individuals with psychiatric disabilities within their postsecondary community using the Honest Open Proud (HOP) program. There are 3 specific objectives of the project:1) evaluate program fidelity, 2) assess program feasibility, and 3) conduct a randomized controlled trial of the HOP program with college students with mental illness to examine its efficacy. Anticipated outcomes include increases in 1) community integration, 2)self-esteem and self-efficacy, 3) empowerment and self-determination, 4) disclosure of mental illness in order to obtain needed support, and 5) care seeking/service engagement for mental illness. Ultimately, we expect to see increased academic persistence and achievement among HOP program completers.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •College students enrolled at USF
- •Over 18 years of age
- •Individuals with psychiatric disability(ies) who feel shame regarding their mental illness or keep it secret
Exclusion Criteria
- •Individuals with a sole substance abuse disorder
- •Individuals who plan to graduate before the conclusion of the data collection period; for intervention participants, this would be a graduation date within 6 months of starting the intervention.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Why Try Stigma Scale (WTSS)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants
The current version of the WTSS does not include items specific to the pursuit of postsecondary education. Therefore, the investigators will add two items for the purpose of this study: "I am not worthy of obtaining a college degree because I have a mental illness" and "I am not capable of obtaining a college degree because I have a mental illness." After the addition of the two aforementioned items, this scale includes 16 items on a seven-point agreement scale. The min on the scale is 1 or "Strongly disagree" to 7 or "Strongly agree". Using this scale, an observed decrease would be a better outcome.
Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale-Short Form
Time Frame: Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants
Scores correspond with the four stage regressive model of self-stigma. The min of this scale is 1 or "I strongly disagree" and the max is 9 or "I strongly agree". Using this scale, an observed decrease would be a better outcome.
Stigma Stress Scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants
This scale includes 4 items measuring appraisal of stigma as a stressor (e.g., "prejudice against people with mental illness will have a negative impact on my future") and 4 items measuring perceived resources to cope with stigma (e.g., "I am prepared to deal with prejudice against people with mental illness"). The min on the scale is 1 or "Strongly disagree" to 7 or "Strongly agree". Using this scale, an observed increase would be a better outcome.
Self-Determination Scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants
Participants respond to a vignette about a person, Harry, living with schizophrenia. The scale includes 14 items on a 9-point agreement scale. The minimum on the scale is 1 or "Strongly Agree" to 9 or "Strongly Disagree". Using this scale, an observed decrease would be a better outcome.
The Empowerment Scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants
Yields five factors: self-efficacy/self-esteem, power/powerlessness/community activism, righteous anger, and optimism/control over the future. This scale includes 28 items on a 4-point agreement scale. The min on the scale is 1 or "Strongly Disagree" to the max of 4 or "Strongly Agree". Using this scale, an observed increase would be a better outcome.
Secondary Outcomes
- Peer Group Interactions Scale(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS)(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Interactions with Faculty Scale(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Behavioral Health Measure(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Sense of Campus Belonging Scale (SoCB)(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Academic and Intellectual Development Scale(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Diagnostic and Status Questionnaire(This measure will be collected at week 0 for all participants)
- College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ Fourth Edition)(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Actual Help Seeking Questionnaire(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Academic Persistence(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Demographics Questionnaire(This measure will be collected at week 0 for all participants)
- Grade Point Average (GPA)(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Diagnostic and Status Questionnaire Past 4 weeks(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Recovery Assessment Scale(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Peer Support and Advocacy Items(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Quality of Relationships Scale(Change from baseline to week 3, week 7, week 15 and 27 for all participants)
- Up To Me Satisfaction Scale(This measure will be collected at week 7 if in the Up To Me Intervention + Booster or Up To Me Intervention + No Booster arms)