| Summary: | 碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 心理學系碩士班 === 101 === This study investigated the effectiveness of a psychoeducation methods on college
students‟ attitudes toward PTSD. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted while
121 students from Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia were invited to participate
in four groups. Participants in three experimental groups received different psychoeducational
methods of receiving handouts, listening to lectures, and attending interactive discussion
while those in control group received nothing. All participants were administered with
Attitudes toward PTSD scale before and after the psychoeducation methods within 2 weeks.
Research results showed that participants of experimental groups scored significantly higher
on post-test (p>.000) comparing to those of the control group. Three psychoeducation
methods increased college students‟ positive attitudes toward PTSD in this study. Result of
analysis indicated that lecturing was the most effective psychoeducational method to
attitudinal changes. Findings from the study for a short-duration, in this case, a two-week
period of psychoeducation methods, can effectively increase college students' attitudes toward
PTSD, reduce negative attitudes towards PTSD. Implications for future research and
psychoeducation for PTSD were discussed.
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