Sensitivity to Change of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-34

Abstract

The current study investigated the sensitivity to change of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-34 (CCAPS-34), a multidimensional measure designed to assess the mental health problems common in college students across seven domains. The results suggest that the CCAPS-34 is able to capture change taking place during treatment.

Keywords:

• Sensitivity to change
• multidimensional
• repeated assessment
• counseling
• college students

Notes

1 Based on a reviewer’s request, propensity scores based on relationship status, academic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity were entered as covariates in the hierarchical linear models for the CCAPS-34 subscales, given the demographic differences between the treated and non-treated groups. As the propensity analyses did not change the inferences or study findings in a substantial way, they are not reported.

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Notes on contributors

Soo Jeong Youn

Soo Jeong Youn, PhD, is an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and a Clinical Psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry Program for Research in Implementation and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments (PRIDE). Her research interests include psychotherapy process and outcome, implementation science, and community based participatory research.

Louis G. Castonguay

Louis G. Castonguay, PhD, is a Liberal Arts Professor of Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research interests focus on the process and outcome of different forms of psychotherapy, and practice-oriented research, specifically practice-research networks, to address the science-practice gap.

Andrew A. McAleavey

Andrew A. McAleavey, PhD, is an Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Samuel S. Nordberg

Samuel S. Nordberg, PhD, is the Chief of Behavioral Health at Reliant Medical Group. His research interests include mental health systems redesign and innovation, clinical feedback system development and implementation, and personalized treatment pathways for behavioral health patients.

Jeffrey A. Hayes

Jeffrey A. Hayes, PhD, is a Professor of Education and Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include college student mental health and psychotherapist factors that affect therapy process and outcome.

Benjamin D. Locke

Benjamin D. Locke, PhD, is the Senior Director of the Counseling and Psychological Services and the Executive Director of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at the Pennsylvania State University.