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Yeo, Lay See; Goh, Valerie Grace; Liem, Gregory Arief D. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: With children today being tested at younger ages, test anxiety has an earlier onset age. There is relatively limited research on test anxiety management programs with elementary school children. The theoretical basis for this nonrandomized pre-post intervention study is grounded in cognitive and behavioral interventions for test…
Descriptors: Intervention, Test Anxiety, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement
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Garmy, Pernilla; Jakobsson, Ulf; Carlsson, Katarina Steen; Berg, Agneta; Clausson, Eva K. – Journal of School Nursing, 2015
The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the implementation of a universal school-based cognitive behavioral program whose target is to prevent depressive symptoms in adolescents. The study had a quasi-experimental design with pretest, posttest, and a 1-year follow-up and provides an illustrative calculation for the implementation costs of the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Cognitive Restructuring
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Skryabina, Elena; Taylor, Gordon; Stallard, Paul – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2016
Background: Evaluations of school-based anxiety prevention programmes have reported improvements in psychological functioning although little is known about their effect upon educational outcomes. Methods: One thousand three hundred and sixty-two children from 40 primary schools in England took part in the randomised controlled trial, Preventing…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Prevention, Elementary School Students, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Maggin, Daniel M.; Johnson, Austin H. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
The purpose of this review was to evaluate the methodological strength and overall effectiveness of the research underlying the FRIENDS program for preventing anxiety in students at low and elevated risk for developing anxiety disorders. Meta-analytic findings provided mixed results, with low-risk students exposed to the program having…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Program Evaluation, Risk Assessment, At Risk Students
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Miloseva, Lence – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
The aim of this study was to present results of our one year experience with Cognitive Behavioral Psychology Program, in order to contribute to the building of whole school approach and positive psychology preventive mental health problems model. Based on Penn Resilience program (PRP), we modify and create program for early adolescents: how to…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
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Yorke, Nada J.; Friedman, Bruce D.; Hurt, Pat – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
This study discusses the pretest and posttest results of a batterer's intervention program (BIP) implemented within a California state prison substance abuse program (SAP), with a recommendation for further programs to be implemented within correctional institutions. The efficacy of utilizing correctional facilities to reach offenders who…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Intervention, Institutionalized Persons, Family Violence
McLaughlin, Laura Pierce – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy plus media on the reduction of bullying and victimization and the increase in empathy and bystander response in a bully prevention program for urban sixth-graders. Sixty-eight students participated. Because one of the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Preservice Teachers, Age, Intervention
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Stice, Eric; Rohde, Paul; Seeley, John R.; Gau, Jeff M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
In this depression prevention trial, 341 high-risk adolescents (mean age = 15.6 years, SD = 1.2) with elevated depressive symptoms were randomized to a brief group cognitive-behavioral (CB) intervention, group supportive-expressive intervention, bibliotherapy, or assessment-only control condition. CB participants showed significantly greater…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Intervention, Prevention