Distress Tolerance Skills for College Students: A Pilot Investigation of a Brief DBT Group Skills Training Program

This report outlines the evaluation of a brief dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) group skills training program for students presenting with serious psychological concerns (referral reasons included suicidality, self-injury, and substance use). Students were enrolled in distress tolerance groups ran...

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Published inJournal of college student psychotherapy Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 247 - 256
Main Authors Muhomba, Monicah, Chugani, Carla D., Uliaszek, Amanda A., Kannan, Divya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Routledge 03.07.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
At Risk Students
Behavior Modification
Brief group intervention
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College Students
Coping
Counseling Effectiveness
dialectical behavior therapy
distress training
Emotional regulation
Emotional Response
Group Counseling
Group therapy
Mental Health
Metacognition
Mindfulness
Pretests Posttests
Psychological distress
Psychological Patterns
Psychotropic drugs
Self Destructive Behavior
Self injury
Skill development
skills training
Statistical Analysis
Stress Management
Substance Abuse
Suicide
Surveys
Tolerance
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Summary:This report outlines the evaluation of a brief dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) group skills training program for students presenting with serious psychological concerns (referral reasons included suicidality, self-injury, and substance use). Students were enrolled in distress tolerance groups ranging from 7-10 weeks. The majority of the students in the sample were receiving psychiatric medication, individual therapy, or both. All students (N = 22) demonstrated significantly improved scores on measures of emotion regulation and functional and dysfunctional coping. These results are the first to show that targeted skills training with DBT mindfulness and distress tolerance skills can produce beneficial outcomes in college students in the context of a short-term intervention.
ISSN:8756-8225
1540-4730
DOI:10.1080/87568225.2017.1294469