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    The prevention of depressive symptoms in rural school children: A randomized controlled trial

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    Authors
    Roberts, Clare
    Kane, Robert
    Thomson, Helen
    Bishop, Brian
    Hart, B.
    Date
    2003
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Roberts, Clare and Kane, Robert and Thomson, Helen and Bishop, Brian and Hart, Bret. 2003. The prevention of depressive symptoms in rural school children: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 71 (3): pp. 622-628.
    Source Title
    Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
    ISSN
    0022006X
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School of Psychology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6368
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    A controlled trial was conducted to evaluate a prevention program aimed at reducing depressive and anxious symptoms in rural school children. Seventh-grade children with elevated depression were selected. Nine primary schools (n = 90) were randomly assigned to receive the program, and 9 control schools (n = 99) received their usual health education classes. Children completed questionnaires on depression, anxiety, explanatory style, and social skills. Parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist (T. M. Achenbach, 1991). No intervention effects were found for depression. Intervention group children reported less anxiety than the control group after the program and at 6-month follow-up and more optimistic explanations at postintervention. Intervention group parents reported fewer child internalizing and externalizing symptoms at postintervention only.

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