| dc.contributor.author | Wenschlag, Monica Sue | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Adolescence is a particularly stressful time during an individual’s life. It is vital that adolescents have access to mental health resources. A confidential program was offered in a school setting, a vital stepping-stone to addressing some barriers to accessing mental health resources. Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment (COPE) is a program that was used to provide adolescents with the tools necessary to deal with the countless impending changes encountered as they transition to young adults. Objectives: The background objective of implementing COPE was to provide rural high school teens with the tools they can utilize to cope with life’s stressors. Study Design: The COPE program was an already established plan based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Introduced in the first session of the COPE program were the three fundamental pillars of interest: thoughts, feelings, and actions. The COPE Teen 7-session program, each session 25-50 minutes in length, was implemented in a rural high school. Results: Thirteen high school seniors participated in the 7-session COPE program. A two-sided T-test (α=0.05) was calculated to compare pre and post change in resilience. The results were highly variable and non-definitive. Additionally, a two-sided T-test (α=0.05) was computed to compare pre and post changes in self-efficacy. All items of the scale showed a positive increase. All participants reported that they found the program overall helpful. Conclusion: Participants found COPE as a useful resource to teach mental health skills. There was a clinically significant increase in participants’ self-efficacy. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU Policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | Enhancing Resilience and Self-Efficacy through COPE: Rural High School Seniors | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
| dc.type | Video | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-13T17:56:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-04-13T17:56:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27955 | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | |
| ndsu.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Health Professions | en_US |
| ndsu.department | School of Nursing | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Nursing | |
| ndsu.advisor | Lundeen, Tina | |
