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Date of Award
2018
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Awarded
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Program
Nursing
Department
School of Nursing
College
Health Professions
Faculty Advisor
Lundeen, Tina
Description
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.
Recommended Citation
Wenschlag, Monica Sue, "Enhancing Resilience and Self-Efficacy through COPE: Rural High School Seniors" (2018). Nursing. 33.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/nursing/33
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27955