1. A social gradient in the effects of the skills for life program on self-efficacy and mental wellbeing of adolescent students
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Pannebakker, Fieke D., van Genugten, Lenneke, Diekstra, René F.W., Gravesteijn, Carolien, Fekkes, Minne, Kuiper, Rebecca, Kocken, Paul L., Leerstoel Hoijtink, Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences, Public Health, Behavioural Change, Leerstoel Hoijtink, and Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences
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Male ,Skills for Life ,media_common.quotation_subject ,education ,Education ,Social Skills ,03 medical and health sciences ,Interpersonal relationship ,0302 clinical medicine ,prevention ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Risk Factors ,030225 pediatrics ,Taverne ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Students ,Curriculum ,media_common ,School Health Services ,Self-efficacy ,Depression ,Mental Disorders ,Environmental and Occupational Health ,Self-esteem ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Mental health ,Social relation ,Self Efficacy ,effect evaluation ,Philosophy ,adolescent ,Well-being ,Female ,Public Health ,Psychology ,mental health ,school program ,Clinical psychology ,Program Evaluation - Abstract
BACKGROUND: The goal of the current study was to evaluate the effects of the Social Emotional Learning program Skills 4 Life on mental health and its risk factors self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social interaction skills in students of secondary schools. METHODS: A cluster randomized controlled study was conducted, including 38 schools (66 classes; grades 7 to 9) for secondary education, with a 1 year and 20 months follow-up (teachers and students reports). RESULTS: The intervention was effective in improving self-efficacy, depressive symptoms, and teacher-reported psychological problem behavior, all after 20 months. Stratified analyses showed effects in mainly lower educational level students. CONCLUSION: The Skills 4 Life curriculum is effective in improving the mental health and self-efficacy among adolescents, especially for adolescents from lower educational level, a group that is most prone to ill mental health. © 2019, American School Health Association
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- 2019
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