School-based Stress Management Training for Adolescents: Longitudinal Results from an Experimental Study |
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| Authors: | Petra Hampel Manuela Meier Ursula Kümmel |
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| Institution: | 1.Center of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation,University of Bremen,Bremen,Germany;2.Department of Psychology,Karl-Franzens-University Graz,Graz,Austria |
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| Abstract: | This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a school-based universal preventive stress management training program
for early and middle adolescents in comparison with a no-treatment control group. The study examined the intervention effects
of age (early versus middle adolescents) and gender on perceived stress, interpersonal coping, and self-efficacy prior, immediately
after as well as 3 months after the intervention. Three hundred and twenty adolescents (ages 10–14 years) participated in
the study. Whereas both experimental conditions did not differ substantially in baseline scores, the experimental group scored
higher on perceived self-efficacy compared to the control group at the follow-up assessment. Additionally, the experimental
group showed less perceived stress and more adaptive coping at the post and follow-up assessment. Age-dependent intervention
effects suggested that early adolescents primarily benefited from the treatment. Although the effects must be replicated using
a randomized design, the current findings reveal that the program does strengthen important protective factors for the psychosocial
development of adolescents.
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| Keywords: | School-based universal prevention Perceived stress Interpersonal coping Self-efficacy Adolescents |
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