Preliminary investigation of the feasibility of a long-term but low-frequency preventive intervention for depression in Japanese high schools.
Int J Nurs Pract
; 28(3): e12975, 2022 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
We explored the feasibility of a long-term but low-frequency psychological preventive intervention in a high school setting.BACKGROUND:
High school students may experience depression; psychological interventions to improve social and cognitive skills may be useful to decrease such depression. A long-term but low-frequency intervention may be feasible in this setting because of its minimal time demands and lack of need for specialist human resourcesDESIGN:
We conducted a single-arm longitudinal descriptive study with an intervention applied six times over 2 years in one high school.METHOD:
We conducted a psychological preventive intervention with 94 high school students in one school for 2 years (April 2014 to March 2016). This intervention aimed to improve social and cognitive skills. We measured social skills, cognitive distortion, and depression five times during the 2-year period, through a self-report scale. RESULTS/FINDINGS:
Scores for maintaining relationship skills tended to increase over the 2 years. However, depression did not decrease over the intervention period.CONCLUSION:
Although our research did not include control conditions and the intervention did not decrease depression, the six-session programme for high school adolescents improved an aspect of social skills that is a preventive factor against depression.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental
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Depressão
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article