An interventional study of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychoeducational Program and Career-Guidance Psychoeducational Program in Acculturative Stress, Psychological Resilience and Psychological Adaptation, sponsored by European University of Lefke. Completed at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-20.
Sponsored by European University of Lefke · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study evaluated a psychoeducational program developed to support psychological adaptation and resilience among first-year international university students experiencing elevated acculturative stress. Participants who met the study eligibility criteria were assigned to one of three study conditions: a cognitive-behavioral psychoeducation group, a placebo-control group receiving career guidance activities, or a waiting-list control group. The psychoeducational intervention was delivered over eight weeks. Psychological adaptation, resilience, and acculturative stress-related outcomes were assessed using standardized self-report measures before and after the intervention. The study aimed to examine whether participation in the psychoeducational program was associated with changes in these psychological outcomes compared with the two control conditions.
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Participants assigned to this arm received the cognitive-behavioral psychoeducational program developed to support psychological adaptation and resilience and to reduce acculturative stress among international students. The program was delivered over eight weeks.
Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Psychoeducational Program
Participants assigned to this arm received a career-guidance psychoeducational program that did not include the cognitive-behavioral components targeting psychological adaptation, resilience, or acculturative stress.
Behavioral: Career-Guidance Psychoeducational Program
Participants assigned to this arm did not receive a study intervention during the eight-week intervention period and served as a waiting-list control group.
The intervention consisted of a structured cognitive-behavioral psychoeducational program designed to support psychological adaptation and resilience and to address acculturative stress among international students. The program was delivered once weekly for eight weeks, for a total of eight sessions. Sessions included psychoeducational and cognitive-behavioral activities focusing on cultural adaptation, coping with acculturative stress, and psychological resilience.
Participants received a career-guidance psychoeducational program designed to provide information and activities related to career development. The program was delivered once weekly for eight weeks, for a total of eight sessions. It did not include the cognitive-behavioral components specifically targeting psychological adaptation, resilience, or acculturative stress.
Change in Acculturative Stress
Acculturative stress was assessed using the Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS), developed by Sandhu and Asrabadi (1994). The ASSIS consists of 36 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 36 to 180, with higher scores indicating greater acculturative stress. Change in ASSIS total scores from baseline to post-intervention was evaluated.
Time frame: Baseline and immediately after the 8-week intervention
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Ran from Feb 2025 to primary completion in May 2025, 2 months.
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