Primary Prevention of Anxiety and Depression

描述(申请人提供)：一项旨在预防准备过渡到中学的青少年出现焦虑和抑郁症状的校本干预措施将在一个大型学校系统中实施。将在课程实施一年后评估干预对焦虑和抑郁症状的影响。这项干预将由教师在一学年的课程中进行。预防课程包括认知-行为部分，包括归因再培训、解决问题的技能培训和放松培训，以及情绪调节部分。这一干预措施扩展了先前的预防性干预措施，纳入了旨在预防焦虑和抑郁发作的战略，并纳入了侧重于情绪调节技能的组成部分。主要结果是焦虑和严重抑郁的症状，次要结果包括社交能力和学习成绩。这一课程的实施将在全额资助的情感素养课程调查的背景下进行。为了这项提案的目的，将只调查预防课程的独立影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A school-based intervention designed to prevent the onset of anxious and depressive symptoms in adolescents preparing to transition to middle school will be implemented in a large school system. The effects of the intervention on symptoms of anxiety and depression one year following implementation of the curriculum will be evaluated. The intervention will be administered by teachers over the course of one academic year. The prevention curriculum involves cognitive-behavioral components, including attribution retraining, problem solving skills training, and relaxation training, as well as emotion regulation components. This intervention extends previous preventive interventions by incorporating strategies intended to prevent the onset of both anxiety and depression and by including components focused on emotion regulation skills. Primary outcomes are symptoms of anxiety and major depression, and secondary outcomes include social competence and academic achievement. Implementation of this curriculum will occur in the context of a fully funded investigation of an emotional literacy curriculum. Only the independent effects of the prevention curriculum will be investigated for the purpose of this proposal.