A controlled evaluation of the 'FRIENDS for Life' emotional resiliency programme on overall anxiety levels, anxiety subtype levels and school adjustment

作者：Rodgers Alish^*; Dunsmuir Sandra

来源：Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2015, 20(1): 13-19.

DOI：10.1111/camh.12030

• Anxiety
• separation anxiety
• school
• cognitive therapy
• school adjustment

BackgroundAnxiety constitutes the most common form of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence.
MethodsThis randomised controlled study evaluated the FRIENDS for Life' school-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programme on overall anxiety, anxiety subtypes and school adjustment. Sixty-two students aged 12-13 completed measures of anxiety and school adjustment before, immediately after and 4months after completing the programme. Parents and teachers also rated the students on overall anxiety levels and school adjustment respectively.
ResultsThe intervention group's overall anxiety' and specifically separation anxiety' reduced significantly during the programme and continued to decrease at the 4-month follow-up.
ConclusionsA significant negative correlation was found between anxiety and school adjustment. The professional implications of these findings are discussed.

• 出版日期2015-2