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Usability of Psycho-educational online stress management program for university students

Psychological counseling center for student of University of J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek has developed a Psycho-educational online stress management program in an attempt to make psychological support more available to students. The program consists of 7 modules aimed at cognition factors and skills that have been shown effective in stress management (Introduction on stress and coping, Self-esteem and perception of control, Expectations and self-criticism, Learning skills, Time management, Problem solving, and Social skills). We conducted a usability and efficiency study of the program. The program was administered as a part of regular class for 30 second-year psychology students. The students signed a written consent for their participation in the study and were given access to each module based on determined schedule (every one or two weeks depending on the length of each module). After completion, student evaluated each module on a scale ranging from 1 – completely disagree to 5 – completely agree, as well as gave specific feedback on aspects, which, in their opinion, needed improvement. Results show that students find the program informative (mean values for different modules ranged from 4.21 to 4.62) and usable (mean values from 3.76 to 4.77). They also evaluated it as easy to understand (mean values from 4.37 to 4.74), useful (mean values from 3.96 to 4.59), and overall interesting (mean values from 3.48 to 4.31). Apart from that, student also found the modules easy to navigate (mean values from 4.10 to 4.59), logical (mean values from 4.48 to 4.77), and of acceptable length (mean values from 4.00 to 4.31). The results of our study suggest that student respond well to the Psycho-educational online stress management program, and that, following changes based on students’ feedback, the program should be introduced to students of University of J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek.

Stress ; university students ; online stress management program ; usability

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