The Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms (CCAPS ‐62): Acceptance, feasibility, and initial psychometric properties in a UK student population

ConclusionsThe CCAPS‐62 is a reliable and psychometrically valid assessment measure to use with UK students without revision. The overall distress indicated is similar to that of the CORE‐10, but the individual subscales are more informative of specific student concerns including academic distress, social anxiety, and substance abuse. Potential benefits of administering a student‐focused assessment measure in student counselling services are discussed. Key Practitioner Message University students attending counselling in the UK demonstrate clinical severity for academic distress, depression, anxiety, and social anxiety. Compared to university students in the US, UK students present with higher clinical severity on all contextual measures of student psychological distress. It is advantageous for university counselling services to administer a student‐specific clinical measure over measures intended for the general clinical population. CCAPS‐62 is an acceptable, feasible, and psychometrically valid measure of student psychological distress that can be used in the UK without revision. It is important for university counselling services to continue to provide support from therapists that are trained and experienced in the university context over services intended for the general clinical population.
Source: Clinical Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: ASSESSMENT Source Type: research