Prevention of anxiety and depression in school children: The development and testing of the new transdiagnostic EMOTION intervention
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- Psykologisk institutt [2921]
Abstract
Anxiety and depression are among the most common mental disorders affecting youth. The two disorders often co-occur and can cause significant distress and impairment. Having elevated symptom levels but not fulfilling the criteria for a disorder is even more common in youths. Experiencing elevated levels of anxious and depressive symptoms constitutes a risk factor for later development of disorders. Preventing internalizing problems in children from developing into disorders could have important public health implications. The main aims of this thesis were to develop a new transdiagnostic intervention targeting anxious and sad school children, to examine the feasibility of the program and to perform an effectiveness evaluation of the intervention. The positive results from the effectiveness study indicate that the transdiagnostic EMOTION intervention is acceptable and feasible in a school setting. The current study lends support to the usefulness of a transdiagnostic approach to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in children.List of papers
Paper I: Prevention of anxiety and depression in children: Acceptability and feasibility of the transdiagnostic EMOTION program Cognitive Behavioral Practice, 23, 2016. The article is not available in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2014.06.005 |
Paper II: Self-reported quality of life and self-esteem in sad and anxious school children. BMC Psychology, 2016, 4:45. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-56028 |
Paper III: The Factor Structure of Youth Report MASC in Norwegian School Children. Journal of Child and Family Studies, Jan. 2017. The article is not available in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0705-9 |
Paper IV: Prevention of anxiety and depression in school-aged children: Effectiveness of the transdiagnostic EMOTION program. Under review, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. To be published. The paper is not available in DUO awaiting publishing. |