Date of Award

Spring 2022

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science

Major

Psychology

First Advisor

Sarah Raskin

Abstract

Based on previous research, online therapy has been find as effective as traditional face-to-face therapy in reducing emotional health-related symptoms. Still, people tend to prefer face-to-face therapy more. Using theories from previous research, we adopted the “Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale” (DASS-21) to study our hypothesis that effective scores on DASS-21 will not differ between the students receiving the online therapy and face-to-face therapy. Also, the “Satisfaction with Treatment Questionnaire” has been used to study our hypothesis that students will prefer face-to-face therapy. This study examines the effectiveness of online therapy and the population’s preferences while focusing on Trinity college students. This study found no significant difference between the DASS-21 score, self-reported change, and level of satisfaction between online therapy and face-to-face therapy groups. Our finding also showed no significant difference between the DASS-21 score, self-reported change, and level of satisfaction between male and female groups. These findings support the first hypothesis that effective scores on DASS-21 will not differ between the students receiving the online therapy and face-to-face therapy. In contrast, the second hypothesis that students will prefer face-to-face therapy has not been supported.

Comments

Senior thesis completed at Trinity College for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Psychology.

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