COMPASS (Campus Online Matching of Personalized Academic & Student Supports)

Overview

COMPASS is a tool designed to facilitate the implementation of the Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI), a validated 46-item instrument created to help post-secondary institutions and researchers evaluate and monitor student stress (Linden & Stuart, 2019). This project is part of a larger study, Pilot Launch of the Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI) as a Student Wellness Services Tool, which aims to integrate the PSSI into clinical settings during the 2025–2026 academic year. The tool is currently under development.

Live snapshot: https://sentfromthehub.shinyapps.io/pssi-compass-tool/

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Usage

To run locally:

Prerequisites

• R (version 4.0 or higher) - https://cran.r-project.org/
• RStudio IDE (Recommended) - https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/

Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/sentfromthehub/pssi-compass-tool.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd pssi-compass-tool

3. Install the required R packages. Open R or RStudio and run the following command in the console:

   install.packages(c(
     "jose", "rsconnect", "shiny", "shinyjs", "dplyr", "tibble",
     "ggplot2", "ggrepel", "RColorBrewer", "fmsb", "scales", "stringr", "leaflet"
   ))

4. Run the application. Open the app.R file in RStudio and click the "Run App" button, or run the following command in the console:

   shiny::runApp()

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Work Cited

Linden, B., & Stuart, H. (2019). Psychometric assessment of the Post- Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI). BMC Public Health, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7472-z