Journal of Counseling Psychology最新文献

A growing number of studies have examined the effects of group counseling on students' mental health or academic functioning in China; no meta-analysis of these studies has yet been conducted, which may limit school-based applicability or the development of service systems. This study sought to establish an overall effect size for group counseling interventions, as well as identify potential moderator variable effects on their efficacy for Chinese mainland adolescents in particular. A total of 611 studies, comprising 15,320 adolescent participants altogether, were included, with meta-analyses conducted for six mental health outcomes and five academic functioning outcomes. The results showed that, at posttest, group counseling had statistically significant medium to large effects on depression symptoms (standardized mean difference [SMD] = -0.835), anxiety symptoms (SMD = -0.722), loneliness (SMD = -0.791), sleep problems (SMD = -1.075), self-harm (SMD = -1.463), suicidal ideation (SMD = -1.055), learning motivation (SMD = 0.952), learning engagement (SMD = 1.478), academic self-efficacy (SMD = 1.264), academic procrastination (SMD = -1.528), and learning burnout (SMD = -1.591). The moderator results suggest that group counseling might work best as a small-scale intervention and that online intervention resulted in improvements comparable to face-to-face intervention. This study demonstrates that school-based group counseling effectively enhances both the mental health and academic functioning of Chinese adolescents. Our finding highlights the importance of such interventions in addressing psychological and educational challenges in schools, providing evidence for educators and policymakers to strengthen these support systems. Future research should explore how intervention components interact to optimize their impact in school settings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Racial discrimination is a pervasive public health issue among racial/ethnic minorities, especially given its associations with psychological outcomes (Carter et al., 2019; Shi et al., 2022). However, according to Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) stress and coping theory, not all individuals develop mental health issues depending on the ways in which people cope with stressors. Thus, the present study examined whether support as a coping method buffered the link between experiences of racial discrimination and psychological distress. Specifically, we examined multiple forms of support, including social support, the use of psychotherapy, support groups, and self-help books as potential protective factors. Participants included a community sample of racial/ethnic minorities (M_age = 29.08, SD = 10.07), who completed a survey at an Asian community festival in a southwestern state. Results demonstrated that general social support and the use of support groups moderated the association between racial discrimination and distress, whereas the use of self-help books and psychotherapy in the past year did not. Findings highlight the importance of greater support spaces for racial/ethnic minority communities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

The primary focus on the overall higher risk for poor psychosocial and health outcomes has overshadowed inquiries into general psychological processes that might support the psychological well-being of transgender and nonbinary individuals (TNB). Using self-determination theory to assess basic psychological needs (BPN) satisfaction and recent findings about the importance of authenticity to TNB people, we tested the hypothesis that general authenticity would explain positive associations between perceptions of BPN satisfaction and eudaimonic well-being (EWB). We recruited a TNB sample of 489 adults ages 18-61 (M = 26.32, SD = 6.72) who completed a Qualtrics survey hosted on the Prolific Academic platform in 2022. The results of structural equation modeling supported the hypothesized model; people who reported higher levels of BPN satisfaction also reported significantly higher EWB. Higher levels of authenticity partially, but not completely, explained this association. Self-determination theory may be a useful theoretical framework for further understanding barriers and facilitators of TNB adults' EWB. In the social context of stigma and discrimination, being more authentic helps facilitate one's BPN satisfaction and thereby supports EWB. These findings have implications for future testing of general psychological processes in the TNB population and interventions to facilitate basic needs satisfaction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

A theoretically grounded, psychometrically sound new scale-the Work Support Scale (WSS)-was developed to address limitations of existing social support measures used in vocational research. Work support was conceptualized and defined using a psychology of working lens. In Study 1, an initial pool of items was developed and reviewed by experts and a small group of participants in the target population via cognitive interviews. Next, survey data was gathered from a development sample of 365 working adults, and exploratory factor analysis was conducted for factor optimization and extraction. A 16-item, four-factor WSS measure that consisted of Emotional Support, Appraisal Support, Informational Support, and Instrumental Support was developed. In Study 2, the WSS was administered to a new sample of 320 working adults to establish reliability and validity. Results of confirmatory factor analysis supported that all three models-the correlational, bifactor (items loaded onto both general work support and the four subscales), and higher order-had a good fit to the data. Scores from the WSS had good reliability and significantly correlated with validity measures in the expected directions. Additionally, the scores from the total WSS demonstrated incremental validity over existing measures of general and work-related support scales in predicting work-related and well-being outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).