Perception of grief responses: Are maladaptive grief responses and the stages of grief considered ?

Literature indicates laypeople hold strong opinions about how persons should grieve. This study examined how individuals perceive grief. Participants across two distinct samples (Study 1:  = 510 via MTurk; Study 2:  = 210 via Qualtrics panels) completed the Perception of Grief Scale and Grief Expectations Questionnaire.

Attributions About Bereaved Spouses: Testing the Myths of Coping With Loss.

Social expectations influence how we cope with loss and how people in our social networks respond to us. Wortman and Silver outlined Western cultural assumptions, or , about mourning, thought to influence judgments of one's grief response. In particular, the two myths hypothesized to affect social judgments about grievers' adjustment were related to (a) the intensities of the grief response and (b) the duration of the grief response.

Does self-help increase rates of help seeking for student mental health problems by minimizing stigma as a barrier?

Objective: This study examined whether self-help (books, websites, mobile apps) increases help seeking for mental health problems among college students by minimizing stigma as a barrier.

Participants And Methods: A survey was conducted with 200 college students reporting elevated distress from February to April 2017.

Results: Intentions to use self-help were low, but a significant portion of students unwilling to see mental health professionals intended to use self-help.

Feasibility of an acceptance and commitment therapy adjunctive web-based program for counseling centers.

Web-based adjunctive tools provide a promising method for addressing the challenges college counseling centers face in meeting the mental health needs of students. The current study tested an initial adjunctive prototype based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in a pre-post open trial with 30 counselors and 82 student clients across 4 counseling centers. Results indicated high ratings of program satisfaction and usability with counselors and students.