2022 Volume 43 Issue 2 Pages 182-193
In this study, we developed the “CCAPS Internet-based Quick Assessment System” using the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms Japanese version (CCAPS-Japanese), which has been established as reliable and valid. This system allows students to answer questions about their mental health via the web. It is unique as it provides immediate feedback to the students and creates a profile report, which allows them to check their results. This will help students better understand their mental health status, and lead them to request assistance, if necessary. It will also help counselors detect students in need of assistance at an early stage, build a support system, and visualize the effects of counseling. Demonstrations of the system’s functioning during annual health check-ups and student counseling confirmed its reliability and practicality. By adopting this system in multiple higher education facilities, a large-scale database can be created, which will contribute to understanding the actual status of students’ mental health and formulating future action plans.
