Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment for Reducing Stress: A Case Study of Self-Acceptance in an Early Adult College Student

DOI

10.2991/iciap-18.2019.54How to use a DOI?

Keywords

cognitive behavioral therapy, self-acceptance, student stress, college stress

Abstract

Psychological stress is a state where a person’s circumstances are seemingly beyond the person’s ability to handle and threatens the well-being of self or others. The current research focuses on student stress. The participant reported stress symptoms which were affecting her ability to maintain focus while doing tasks and interfered with her self-motivation and learning performance. The participant’s problems seemed to indicate a lack of self-acceptance. She evidenced false perceptions of herself and society, and this produced negative cognitions, emotions, and behaviors. Changing the participant’s false perceptions will, therefore, help reduce negative stress response patterns. Cognitive behavioral therapy was shown to be an effective treatment for stress. This single-subject design case study examines the effectiveness of CBT treatment for improving self-acceptance and decreasing a negative stress response in a 20-year-old female college student. The research used a three-stage assessment design: pretest, intervention, posttest. The intervention consisted of four 120-min sessions and two follow-ups. The effectiveness of the intervention was determined using a behavioral checklist, a pretest, and a posttest. The results showed an improvement in the participant’s self-acceptance. The participant’s stress responses decreased, and she had thoughts about herself and her world that improved her emotions and behaviors.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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