Trial reportJournal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 532013
A randomized trial of the Positive Thoughts and Action program for depression among early adolescents.
Trial report in Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of School-Based Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Prevention Programs for Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), third-wave CBT and interpersonal therapy (IPT) based interventions for preventing depression in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Trajectories of change in maternal and adolescent depressive symptoms in the depression prevention initiative.Journal of affective disorders · 2019Trial
- A Randomized Trial Evaluating School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Ethnic Minority Youth: Exploring Mediators and Moderators of Intervention Effects.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2019Trial
- A non-randomised pragmatic trial of a school-based group cognitive-behavioural programme for preventing depression in girls.International journal of circumpolar health · 2017Trial
- A Randomized Depression Prevention Trial Comparing Interpersonal Psychotherapy--Adolescent Skills Training to Group Counseling in Schools.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Trial
- Twelve-Month Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of the Positive Thoughts and Action Program for Depression Among Early Adolescents.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Trial
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- A comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural interventions based on delivery features for elevated symptoms of depression in adolescents: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Review
- 'It's always difficult when it's family. . . whereas when you're talking to a therapist. . .': Parents' views of cognitive-behaviour therapy for depressed adolescents.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2021Article
- Psychological Treatments for Depression in Adolescents: More Than Three Decades Later.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Partnering with School Providers to Co-Design Mental Health Interventions: An Open Trial of Act & Adapt in Urban Public Middle Schools.Psychology in the schools · 2020Article
- The Efficacy of Psychological Capital Intervention (PCI) for Depression From the Perspective of Positive Psychology: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- SCHOOL-RELATED OUTCOMES FROM A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION PREVENTION PROGRAMS.Journal of emotional and behavioral disorders · 2018Article
- Generalizability of Clinical Trial Results for Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder.Pediatrics · 2017Article
- A Comparison of Early Adolescent Behavioral Health Risks Among Urban American Indians/Alaska Natives and their Peers.American Indian and Alaska native mental health research (Online) · 2017Article
- Factor Structure of the Parent-Report Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) in an Outpatient Mental Health Sample.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2016Article
- Major Depressive Disorder Among Children and Adolescents.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2016Article
- Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies for depression in children and adolescents: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2015Article
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Abstract
This study was conducted to compare the outcomes of a group-based cognitive-behavioral preventive intervention (Positive Thoughts and Actions [PTA]) tailored to youth in middle school with a brief, individually administered supportive intervention (Individual Support Program [ISP]). A randomized, controlled trial was conducted with 120 early adolescents (72 girls, 48 boys; age = 11-15 years) who had elevated depressive symptoms and were selected from a school-based population. Measures of internalizing problems, externalizing problems, personal adjustment, school problems, and interpersonal relations were obtained from parents, youth, and/or teachers at preintervention (Time 1) and postintervention (Time 2, 5-7 months after preintervention). General linear model repeated measures analyses yielded a significant Group × Time interaction on youth-reported, but not parent-reported, depressive symptoms and internalizing symptoms. Youth in the PTA group showed greater decreases following intervention compared to youth who received ISP, yielding effect sizes (Cohen's d) of 0.36 for depressive symptoms, 95% CI [-.02, .73], and 0.44, 95% CI [.05, .82], for internalizing symptoms. PTA youth also showed improvements in their personal adjustment (sense of inadequacy, self-esteem), and parent-reported social skills, but no differences emerged between groups for externalizing symptoms, school problems, or interpersonal relationships. Cognitive-behavioral preventive interventions in which youth engage in personal goal-setting and practice social-emotional skills, such as PTA, may be beneficial for the reduction of depressive symptoms over and above general support and empathy.
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