A comprehensive evaluation of a universal school-based depression prevention program for adolescents. Tomyn, Justin D, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, Richardson, Ben and Colla, Lucia 2016, A comprehensive evaluation of a universal school-based depression prevention program for adolescents., Journal of abnormal child psychology, In Press, pp. 1-13, doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0136-x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A comprehensive evaluation of a universal school-based depression prevention program for adolescents. Author(s) Tomyn, Justin D Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057 Richardson, Ben Colla, Lucia Journal name Journal of abnormal child psychology Season In Press Start page 1 End page 13 Total pages 13 Publisher Springer Place of publication Berlin, Germany Publication date 2016-02-12 ISSN 1573-2835 Keyword(s) Universal intervention Depression Adolescents School-based Summary The present study proposes and demonstrates a comprehensive framework for evaluation of a universal school-based depression prevention program. Efficacy was evaluated by considering the impact of continuous versus categorical approaches to operationalizing outcome, the effect of the intervention on key change agent variables, and moderation of intervention effects by student symptom severity at baseline. Participants 252 adolescent boys and girls (60 % male), aged 13 to 17 years (M = 13.62 years, SD = 0.60 years) from four schools in the state of Victoria, Australia, who were allocated by school into a waitlist = control (n = 88) or a CBT-based intervention (n = 164) group. The intervention involved six 45-min weekly sessions run during wellbeing classes. While the intervention and control groups did not differ in average improvement in symptoms by post-intervention, further analyses showed that responsiveness was highly variable within the intervention, and those with elevated depressive symptoms benefitted most. The proposed change agents of self-esteem, resilience, body image satisfaction, and perceived social support did not uniquely predict change in depressive symptoms but collectively accounted for substantial variance in this change process. Collectively, this framework provided insights into aspects of the intervention that worked and highlighted areas for improvement, thus providing clear direction for future research. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s10802-016-0136-x Field of Research 111714 Mental Health Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Springer Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082405 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to In Press version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 22 Mar 2016, 14:19:53 EST Wed, 23 Mar 2016, 04:00:25 EST Wed, 23 Mar 2016, 05:08:27 EST Thu, 02 Jun 2016, 08:23:41 EST Thu, 02 Jun 2016, 08:28:34 EST Mon, 15 Aug 2016, 09:59:56 EST Tue, 16 Aug 2016, 14:05:30 EST Wed, 11 Jan 2017, 09:48:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 30 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 22 Mar 2016, 14:19:53 EST

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