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dc.contributor.authorKennedy, P.
dc.contributor.authorRooney, Rosanna
dc.contributor.authorKane, Robert
dc.contributor.authorHassan, S.
dc.contributor.authorNesa, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:26:26Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:26:26Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:08:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationKennedy, P. and Rooney, R. and Kane, R. and Hassan, S. and Nesa, M. 2015. The enhanced Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills Program: The relationship between internalizing symptoms and family functioning in children aged 9-11 years old. Frontiers in Psychology. 6: 504.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46329
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00504
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© 2015 Kennedy, Rooney, Kane, Hassan and Nesa. The family context plays a critical role in the health of the child. This was the first study to examine the usefulness of the General Functioning subscale of the Family Assessment Device (FAD-GF) in assessing family functioning and its relationship to internalizing symptoms in school-aged children aged between 9 and 11 years of age. Eight hundred and forty-seven year 4 and 5 students from 13 schools (607 intervention students, and 240 control students) participated in the Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills Program (AO-PTS) - a universal school-based program targeting internalizing symptoms. Students rated how 'healthy' they perceived their family to be at pre-test and at 6-months follow-up. Although some aspects of validity and reliability could be improved, results indicated that perceptions of family functioning at pre-test were predictive of internalizing symptoms at the 6-months follow-up. The FAD-GF therefore showed promise as a potential measure of family functioning for children as young as 9 years old. Regardless of children's pre-test levels of perceived family functioning, no intervention effects were found on the anxiety and depression scales; this finding suggests that child perceptions of family functioning may act as a general protective factor against internalizing symptomology.

dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundation
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleThe enhanced Aussie Optimism Positive Thinking Skills Program: The relationship between internalizing symptoms and family functioning in children aged 9-11 years old
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume6
dcterms.source.numberAPR
dcterms.source.titleFrontiers in Psychology
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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