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View article: Managing Major Life Changes: An Exploratory Study Using the Bridges Transitions Framework to Help Foster Youth Prepare for Discharge
Managing Major Life Changes: An Exploratory Study Using the Bridges Transitions Framework to Help Foster Youth Prepare for Discharge Open
Background: Adolescents in foster care endure frequent disruptive transitions, often culminating in discharge to independent living rather than reunification or adoption. Former foster youth fare poorly once on their own, with high rates o…
View article: Text-Based Crisis Counseling: An Examination of Timing, Pace, Asychronicity and Disinhibition
Text-Based Crisis Counseling: An Examination of Timing, Pace, Asychronicity and Disinhibition Open
Texting-based crisis counseling is increasingly used to reach young people in acute crisis. Drawing on the online disinhibition effect (ODE), this U.S. study explored how asynchronicity and invisibility contribute to how users reveal their…
View article: Reaching Young People Through Texting-Based Crisis Counseling
Reaching Young People Through Texting-Based Crisis Counseling Open
Texting-based crisis intervention counseling reaches young people who suffer from mental health issues at high rates yet hesitate to seek help. As a new interface, it is neither well-researched nor well-understood. This study examined 49 r…