School-based prevention of symptoms of depression and anxiety (negative affect) in adolescents.

For adolescent high school students, will the Healthy Minds prevention and wellbeing program, when compared to lessons-as-usual controls, prevent the onset of negative affect.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000650695

Enrollment

750

Registered

2014-06-20

Start date

2011-02-01

Completion date

2011-09-05

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The study was a universal prevention program targeting the onset of symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescent school students. It target unhelpful perfectionism as a risk factor, was conducted across 4 sites, with more 750 Year 8-10 students participating. Our hypothesis was that the intervention group would exhibit a lower rate of onset of symptoms of depression and anxiety. A prevention effect over the 6-month follow-up period was confirmed.

Interventions

Lessons provided in class time that teach psychological skills. These consisted of one lesson (50 minutes) per week over 8 consecutive weeks. Skills and concepts taught include: - costs of unhelpful perfectionism - realistic & balanced thinking (cognitive skills) - emotion regulation strategies - media literacy - self-compassion - gratitude Lessons were administered by a psychologist but teachers were present at all lessons.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Primary purpose

Prevention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

13 Years to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Enrolled at participating schools in the designated year level. Age range was Year 8 to Year 10 (approximately 13 year olds to 15 year olds)

Exclusion criteria

Nil specific

Outcome results