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Vol. 25. Issue 2.
Pages 143-149 (July - December 2020)
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Vol. 25. Issue 2.
Pages 143-149 (July - December 2020)
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Educational and wellbeing outcomes of an anxiety and depression prevention program for adolescents
Los efectos de un programa de prevención de la ansiedad y la depresión para adolescentes en variables educativas y de bienestar
Julia García-Escaleraa, Rosa M. Valientea,
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rmvalien@psi.uned.es

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, Bonifacio Sandína, Jill Ehrenreich-Mayb, Paloma Chorota
a Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
b Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables (Florida), United States
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Table 1. Content of each session [S] of the preventive program (including the psychological technique used) and the corresponding UP-A module [M]
Table 2. Descriptive statistics of educational and wellbeing variables
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Anxiety and depression are disorders associated with both high prevalence rates and comorbidity in adolescence. Despite the fact that schools are a key resource for mental health support programs for the prevention of mental disorders are scarce in this setting. The present work aims to study the ef?cacy of a program based on transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy to jointly prevent anxiety and depression. Speci?cally, the ef?cacy of this program is studied in relation to variables related to the school context and wellbeing: adjustment to school, indiscipline in the classroom, problems with peers, satisfaction with life, quality of life, and self-esteem. A total of 151 adolescents were randomized to the experimental group or the control group and completed a range of self-report questionnaires at three intervals (including a three-month follow-up). The intervention consisted of nine weekly sessions administered during school hours by two psychologists. The results showed a reduction in the academic expectations in the control group, while these remained constant in the experimental group. The implications of the results of this study are discussed in relation to previous literature and the limitations of this trial.

Keywords:
Universal prevention
Transdiagnostic
Educational variables
Wellbeing variables
Anxiety
Depression
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La ansiedad y la depresión son trastornos que presentan altas tasas de prevalencia y comorbilidad en la adolescencia. A pesar de que los centros escolares constituyen un recurso clave para fomentar la salud mental, escasean los programas de prevención de los trastornos mentales en este contexto. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo estudiar la eficacia de un programa basado en la terapia cognitivo-conductual transdiagnóstica para prevenir de forma conjunta la ansiedad y la depresión. En concreto, se estudia la eficacia de dicho programa en relación con las siguientes variables educativas y de bienestar: ajuste escolar, indisciplina en el aula, problemas con los iguales, satisfacción con la vida, calidad de vida y autoestima. Un total de 151 adolescentes fueron aleatorizados al grupo experimental o al grupo control y cumplimentaron varios cuestionarios autoinformados en tres momentos temporales (incluyendo un seguimiento a los tres meses). La intervención está compuesta por nueve sesiones semanales impartidas en horario escolar por dos psicólogas. Los resultados muestran una reducción de las expectativas académicas en el grupo control, mientras que estas se mantienen constantes en el grupo experimental. Se discuten las implicaciones de los resultados del trabajo teniendo en cuenta la literatura previa y las limitaciones del estudio.

Palabras clave:
Prevención universal
Transdiagnóstico
Variables educativas
Variables de bienestar
Ansiedad
Depresión

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