Evaluation of the Study Without Stress program for reducing academic stress in senior school students.

Study Without Stress - 2nd Edition. Study without Stress (SWOS) is a manualised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program for reducing study stress in senior secondary school students that contains a student workbook and facilitator workbook. The program consisted of 8 x 1 hour face-to-face lessons per week run at schools by trained school personnel (teachers, school counsellors) during a school term. Program facilitators complete a one day training on how to deliver the program using the facilitator workbook. The SWOS program includes skills of psychoeducation about the stress response, time management, cognitive restructuring, problem-solving, managing perfectionism and procrastination, sleep hygiene, relaxation and preparing for exams. The program is run in small group (3-8 students). Each student received a copy of the workbook. The typical session structure is: 1)Intro to the program/ discussion of homework and how students applied the skills, 2) psychoeducation about the CBT skill covered in that lesson, 3) practice using the skill with examples and activities in the workbook, role play and group discussion, and 4) setting of homework for the week. In this evaluation no fidelity checks were conducted but previous research indicates that school personnel can adhere to the program.