Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2018
Prevention of Anxiety and Depression in Swedish School Children: a Cluster-Randomized Effectiveness Study.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05863598 (A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interactive Non-Stigmatizing Intervention to Prevent Eating Disorders in Youths Through Strengthening of Protective Factors), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interactive Non-Stigmatizing Intervention to Prevent Eating Disorders in Youths Through Strengthening of Protective Factors
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Meta-Analysis of Universal School-Based Prevention Programs for Anxiety and Depression in Children.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2018Pooled it
- Brief, Non-Pharmacological, Interventions for Pediatric Anxiety: Meta-Analysis and Evidence Base Status.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Pooled it
- Trainee-delivered school-based intervention with guided narrative writing for adolescent anxiety and depression: a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2026Trial
- Meta-Analysis: The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Prevention Classification in Mental Health: Examining the Application of Caplan's and Gordon's Prevention Frameworks (2018-2024).Journal of prevention (2022) · 2025Article
- A pilot randomized trial comparing face-to-face and internet-based unified transdiagnostic treatment for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders in Iran.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Efficacy of a school-based mental health intervention among Zambian youth: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
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- Assessment and Prediction of Depression and Anxiety Risk Factors in Schoolchildren: Machine Learning Techniques Performance Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- The Effectiveness of Transdiagnostic Treatment Program on Clinical Symptoms and Emotion Regulation in Girls Adolescents with Premenstrual Syndrome.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Article
- Moderators of pre-post changes in school-based mental health promotion: Psychological stress symptom decrease for adolescents with mental health problems, knowledge increase for all.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Development of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale - Short Version (SCAS-S).Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment · 2018Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Our study aimed at evaluating FRIENDS for Life, an intervention to prevent anxiety and depression in Swedish school children. A total of 695 children between the ages of 8 and 11 were recruited from 17 schools in Stockholm, Sweden, and cluster-randomized to either the intervention or control group. Teachers in the intervention group received a full day of training and administered FRIENDS for Life in their classrooms. We assessed the children's anxiety and depressive symptoms, general mental health, and academic performance at pre- and post-intervention as well as at the 12-month follow-up. A multi-informant approach was used with data collected from children, parents, and teachers. Assessment was done with the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale, Children's Depression Inventory, and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Children's baseline symptoms, gender, and age as well as their teacher's use of supervision were examined as moderators of effect. Our study found no short- or long-term effects of the intervention for any outcome with regard to the entire sample. We found an enhanced effect of the intervention regarding children with elevated depressive symptoms at baseline. We found a decrease in anxiety symptoms among children whose teachers attended a larger number of supervision sessions, compared to children whose teachers attended fewer supervised sessions or the control group. Mediation analyses showed that this effect was driven by change in the last phase of the intervention, suggesting that supervision might play an important role in enhancing teachers' ability to administer the intervention effectively.
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