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Developing Resilience Online: Evaluation Of Synchronous And Asynchronous Resilience Interventions For Filipino College Students, Ma. Regina Hechanova, Rosanne M. Jocson, Arsenio S. Alianan, Junix Jerald I. Delos Santos, Jason O. Manaois, Gilda Gomez, Gina R. Lamzon Jan 2023

Developing Resilience Online: Evaluation Of Synchronous And Asynchronous Resilience Interventions For Filipino College Students, Ma. Regina Hechanova, Rosanne M. Jocson, Arsenio S. Alianan, Junix Jerald I. Delos Santos, Jason O. Manaois, Gilda Gomez, Gina R. Lamzon

Psychology Department Faculty Publications

This study evaluated two forms of a resilience intervention amongst college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilising a randomised controlled trial design; it examined the impact of a synchronous and asynchronous resilience interventions versus a control group that did a journaling intervention. Outcomes measured included coping behaviour; non-reactivity; wellbeing; stress; depression and anxiety. Participants consisted of Filipino college students randomly assigned to three groups: synchronous online resilience group (n = 135); asynchronous resilience group (n = 121) and control group (n = 127). Results revealed that students who went through the online synchronous resilience reported a significant reduction in depression …


Adding An International Student’S Voice To The Pandemic Discourse As Thinkers, Not Subjects: Reflections On Power, Stillness And Humanness, Sarah Jane Lipura Jan 2021

Adding An International Student’S Voice To The Pandemic Discourse As Thinkers, Not Subjects: Reflections On Power, Stillness And Humanness, Sarah Jane Lipura

Korean Studies Department Faculty Publications

As of this writing, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international higher education is continuously being documented, drawing enough, if not too much, attention towards international students. However, the voices of international students remain muted such that much of what has been said about their experience do not directly come from them but from those who claim to speak on their behalf. In this essay, I attempt to add an international student voice to the pandemic discourse by shifting attention to international students not as subjects but as thinkers and co-producers of knowledge in their own right, in hope …