A non-randomised pragmatic trial of a school-based group cognitive-behavioural programme for preventing depression in girls

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the DISA-programme in preventing depressive symptoms (DS) in adolescent girls, as implemented in a real-world school setting, accounting for baseline socioeconomic and psychosocial factors, and to investigate whether the effects of these...

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Published in:International journal of circumpolar health 2017, Vol.76 (1), p.1396146-11
Main Authors: Zetterström Dahlqvist, Heléne, Landstedt, Evelina, Almqvist, Ylva B, Gillander Gådin, Katja
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Arctic Regions
Behavior modification
Bullying
Child development
Children & youth
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
cognitive-behavioural
Coping
Crime Victims - psychology
Depression - prevention & control
Depression - psychology
depressive symptoms
Extracurricular activities
Female
Folkhälsovetenskap
Girls
Health Education - organization & administration
Humans
Intervention
Mental depression
Mental health
pragmatic trial
Program Evaluation
Public health
Public Health Science
Questionnaires
real-life setting
Researchers
School
School effectiveness
Sexual harassment
Sexual Harassment - psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress
Stress, Psychological - therapy
Studies
Sweden
Teenagers
Victimization
Violence
Young adults
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Summary:The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the DISA-programme in preventing depressive symptoms (DS) in adolescent girls, as implemented in a real-world school setting, accounting for baseline socioeconomic and psychosocial factors, and to investigate whether the effects of these baseline variables on DS differed between intervention participants and non-participants. In this non-randomised pragmatic trial, an electronic questionnaire was disseminated in 2011 (baseline) and 2012 (follow-up) in schools in one municipality in northern Sweden. Pupils (total n=275; intervention participants identified in the questionnaire: n=53; non-participants: n=222) were 14-15 years old at baseline. The groups were compared by means of SEM. DISA could not predict differences in DS at follow-up in this real-life setting. In the overall sample, sexual harassment victimisation (SH) at baseline was associated with DS at follow-up and the estimate for SH increased in the DISA-participants compared to the overall sample.
ISSN:2242-3982
1239-9736
2242-3982
DOI:10.1080/22423982.2017.1396146