Changes in Depression and Positive Mental Health Among Youth in a Healthy Relationships Program

Mental health promotion programming in schools and community settings is an important part of a comprehensive mental health strategy. The goal of this study was to identify and explore meaningful classes of youth based on their pre- and post-intervention depression symptoms scores with 722 youth inv...

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Published in:Canadian journal of school psychology 2019-12, Vol.34 (4), p.300-316
Main Authors: Lapshina, Natalia, Crooks, Claire V., Kerry, Amanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Age Differences
At Risk Persons
Bullying
Child development
Child psychology
Dating (Social)
Depression (Psychology)
Educational psychology
Emotional Development
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Health Promotion
Help Seeking
Latent class analysis
Mental depression
Mental Health
Peer Relationship
Resilience (Psychology)
Social Development
Youth Programs
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Summary:Mental health promotion programming in schools and community settings is an important part of a comprehensive mental health strategy. The goal of this study was to identify and explore meaningful classes of youth based on their pre- and post-intervention depression symptoms scores with 722 youth involved in a 15-week healthy relationships and mental health promotion program. We utilized latent class growth analysis to identify depression class trajectories, controlling for group clustering effects. A three-class solution identified high decreasing, moderate stable, and low stable trajectories. Gender, age, and reported experience of bullying victimization predicted trajectory class membership. The low stable class trajectory was associated with the highest positive mental health, followed by the moderate stable and the high decreasing trajectories. These results suggest that youth with the highest depression scores showed significant improvement in symptomatology over the course of the program.
ISSN:0829-5735
2154-3984
DOI:10.1177/0829573518777154