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Papers by Colleen Conley

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, May 9, 2023

TMS Proceedings 2021, May 12, 2022

Emerging adulthood, Jan 22, 2022

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students’ lives. A mixed metho... more This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students’ lives. A mixed methods approach, analyzing open- and closed-ended questions about challenges and opportunities, reveals numerous ways in which the pandemic has impacted students in general and differentially by gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and family income. Cisgender male and heterosexual students generally reported less of a mental health impact from the pandemic. Gender and sexual minorities, and low- to middle-income students, also noted some effects of the pandemic more often than their peers. Finally, thematic analysis revealed that where students found challenges, they also found opportunities within the broad categories of Lifestyle and Routines, Academic/Professional, Health, Interpersonal, and Societal impacts, evidencing heterogeneity and resilience in finding silver linings despite the challenging pandemic. This research has implications for equitably deploying and tailoring university and mental health resources both during and beyond the pandemic to improve student well-being and success.

The Journal of Higher Education, Feb 10, 2023

Journal of Adolescence, Jun 1, 2016

JMIR Mental Health

Background Rates of mental health problems among youth are high and rising, whereas treatment see... more Background Rates of mental health problems among youth are high and rising, whereas treatment seeking in this population remains low. Technology-delivered interventions (TDIs) appear to be promising avenues for broadening the reach of evidence-based interventions for youth well-being. However, to date, meta-analytic reviews on youth samples have primarily been limited to computer and internet interventions, whereas meta-analytic evidence on mobile TDIs (mTDIs), largely comprising mobile apps for smartphones and tablets, have primarily focused on adult samples. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mTDIs for a broad range of well-being outcomes in unselected, at-risk, and clinical samples of youth. Methods The systematic review used 5 major search strategies to identify 80 studies evaluating 83 wellness- and mental health-focused mTDIs for 19,748 youth (mean age 2.93-26.25 years). We conducted a 3-level meta-analysis on the full sample and a subsample of the 38 ...

The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development, 2020

The transition into higher education is internationally recognized as a critical developmental pe... more The transition into higher education is internationally recognized as a critical developmental period characterized by changes in contexts, identities, relationships, roles, and responsibilities. Further, it typically coincides with the developmental progression from late adolescence to emerging adulthood, which brings its own challenges and opportunities for success as well as struggle. This confluence of disruption and change can contribute to psychological upheaval or reveal resilience. The entry begins with a discussion of the current state of higher education enrollment, and describes the transition to higher education within various key domains, including considerations of identity and development in emerging adulthood, relational and financial changes during this transition, and the impact on mental health. The entry concludes with a discussion of institutional programs aimed at supporting the transition into higher education, and recommendations for future programming

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We explore the impact of adding emotional-intelligence and social-emotional skill-building exerci... more We explore the impact of adding emotional-intelligence and social-emotional skill-building exercises to a Career and Life Planning (CLP) course for college undergraduates. Using a non-randomized quasi-experimental design we will compare, over time (pre- and post-class) students (1) in the "EI" CLP course, (2) in the "as usual" CLP course, and/or as fitting (3) in an alternative course such as Introductory Psychology or a General Pre-Professional Internship course. We expect that students in the EI course will show greater EI/SE-related outcomes at the end of the class, relative to before the class, compared to those in the comparison conditions. Also, within the "EI" course, we will examine the impact of different aspects of course / content /assignment engagement, with a particular focus on EI content, to determine the impact on psychosocial wellbeing outcomes at the end of the course. We expect that the more students engage with the EI content (throug...

We are conducting a meta-analytic review of eating disorder interventions for adolescents and you... more We are conducting a meta-analytic review of eating disorder interventions for adolescents and young adults. We will separately analyze ED interventions compared to controls, and different types of ED programs to each other.

This meta-analytic review evaluates the impact of wellness and mental-health focused mobile techn... more This meta-analytic review evaluates the impact of wellness and mental-health focused mobile technology-delivered interventions (mTDIs) for youth (mean age 25 or younger). From a systematic search of controlled evaluations of MHapps for youth (approximate expected k = 90), this review will: (1) present a state-of-the-field summary of this research; (2) present meta-analyses of the effects of these MHapps separated by comparison type (e.g., inactive versus active), (3) examine several moderators of intervention impact (e.g., age, dosage, level of engagement, inclusion of human support, in vivo skills practice), and (4) offer directions for future research and development on mTDIs for youth.