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Klingman, Avigdor; Hochdorf, Zipora – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
Assessed effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral school-based primary prevention psychological program designed to improve eighth-grade students' (n=237) distress-coping and prepare them as gatekeepers with regard to self-destructive behavior of peers. Program had positive effect on attitudes, emotions, knowledge, and awareness of distress coping…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Coping
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Slonim-Nevo, Vered – Social Work Research, 2001
Assessed effect of cognitive-behavioral program to prevent HIV/AIDS among 139 adolescents. Self-report instruments were used to assess participants' knowledge and behavior about HIV/AIDS. Intervention was found to have significant effect on knowledge about HIV/AIDS, attitudes toward prevention, and coping with high-risk situations. Changes were…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Attitude Measures
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Slone, Michelle; Shoshani, Anat – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2006
This study examines effects of television broadcasts of terrorism on viewers' anxiety and raises suggestions for 2 intervention strategies to moderate elevated anxiety. Participants were 120 young Israeli adults randomly allocated to a terrorism or a nonterrorism television broadcast and assigned to 1 of 3 intervention conditions prior to…
Descriptors: Coping, Anxiety, News Reporting, Terrorism