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Do Patterns Of Distress Vary In First-Generation College Students Seeking Psychotherapy?, Candice Gonsalves
Do Patterns Of Distress Vary In First-Generation College Students Seeking Psychotherapy?, Candice Gonsalves
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In this study, we examined distress levels of first-generation college students at intake from an average of 137 university and college counseling centers that participated in data collection with the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) between the 2012-2015 academic school years. We gathered descriptive data from the CCMH Standardized Data Set (SDS), and then examined itemized responses from the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms 62 (CCAPS-62). Students completed the SDS and CCAPS-62 at intake, and both measures rely on self-report. We divided student data (N = 184,334) into groups based on educational status: first-generation (FG) or non-first generation …