Adolescents, depression, prevention
Conditions
Interventions
Participating classes will be randomly allocated to the intervention or control condition, stratified for educational level. Allocation will be done within schools. All the groups in the intervention
Sponsors
Behavioural Science Institute, dept of Developmental Psychopathology
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adolescents in 7th and 8th grade, high school (ages 12-14 years); 2. Schools with at least 30% of the pupils living in low income areas. 7th and 8th grade (VMBO-K, VMBO-T, HAVO, VWO, Gymnasium); 3. Passive informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Parents who do not allow their child to participate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depressive symptoms; Child Depression Inventory (CDI). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Attribution style; Adolescent Cognitive Style Questionnaire (ACSQ); 2. Response Style; Children's Respons Style Questionnaire (CRSQ); 3. Cognitive errors; Children’s Negative Cognitive Error Questionnaire-Revised (CNCEQ-R); 4. Alexithymia; Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS20); 5. Happiness (Cantril ladder); 6. School grades; 7. Substance use. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactK.C.M. Kindt
Montessorilaan 3 Behavioural Science Institute Radboud University Nijmegen
Outcome results
None listed