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September 10, 2025Frontiers in PsychologyOpen Access

From psychological wellbeing to distress: the role of psychological counseling interventions in university students

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FCFrancesco CraigUniversity of CalabriaGCGianluca Mariano ColellaUniversity of CalabriaFTFlaviana TenutaUniversity of Calabria

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Implication

Mixed-method study reveals psychological counseling significantly reduces distress in university students, suggesting benefits of tailored mental health support.

Key Points

  • Post-intervention, psychological distress decreased significantly from 84.4% to 56.7% in students.
  • Self-acceptance and environmental mastery significantly predicted lower psychological distress in participants.
  • Mixed-method approach combined cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses to evaluate psychological counseling outcomes.
  • Emphasizes need for universities to integrate positive psychology strategies into mental health services.

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Craig et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1c64554b1d3bfb60f2783https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1602009
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