Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Up To Me: Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness on College Campuses - One major predictor of successful degree completion is academic and social integration. Unfortunately, individuals with mental illness experience a significantly lower level of integration in postsecondary communities than their peers without a mental illness. These disparities are largely a product of barriers within the environment, specifically stigma. Up To Me is a three lesson, disclosure-based stigma reduction program meant to reduce barriers to community living and participation for college students with psychiatric disabilities. The goal of this research project is to improve community living and participation of individuals with psychiatric disabilities within their postsecondary community using the Up To Me program. In line with this goal, are three specific objectives of the project: 1) evaluate program fidelity, 2) assess program feasibility, and 3) conduct a randomized controlled trial of the Up To Me program with college students with mental illness to examine its efficacy. Anticipated outcomes of this project for college students with mental illness include improvements in 1) self-stigma (self-esteem and self-efficacy), 2) empowerment and self-determination, 3) appraisals of stigma as a stressor, 4) student engagement on campus, 5) sense of campus belonging, and 6) care seeking/service engagement for mental illness. Ultimately, we expect to see increased academic persistence and achievement among Up To Me program completers. Expected products of this project are data regarding the fidelity, feasibility, and efficacy of the Up To Me program with this population.
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