Beechey, Tessa M. (2021) Enabling Factors for University Students' Engagement in Extracurricular Online Self-Help Psychological Wellbeing Programs. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
University students experience psychological distress at higher rates than the general population. Extracurricular online self-help psychological wellbeing programs (EOSH-PWPs) aim to help students counter this, while boosting university retention rates, and preventing sub-clinical mental health problems from worsening. Currently, these types of programs are underutilised. This project aimed to identify key factors that influence a student's decision to complete such a program. The data were collected online over Zoom using a modified Nominal Group Technique (mNGT). The mNGT was employed as it allows participants to contribute data both individually and collectively. This democratic approach to qualitative research enables all participants to equally share their valuable ideas and perspectives. The participants were first-year psychology students (N = 10) at the USQ. Participants identified accessibility as the most important enabler for completing EOSH-PWPs. This includes the ability to access the program from any type of device and to pick up where one left off. Other important enablers were promoting the program’s ability to help students achieve better grades and positioning it as a skill builder for mental stamina or resilience. The results also suggested that students would be willing to undertake EOSH-PWPs if they believed they would provide a tangible improvement to stress management or academic achievement. The results will contribute to research on the development and promotion of EOSH-PWPs for university students. The implications, limitations, primarily around gaining an adequate number of participants to conduct the original research design, and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Nancey Hoare |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2025 00:04 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2025 00:04 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | enablers ; online ; self-help ; mental health ; nominal group technique |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52813 |
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