Community Trial of the FRIENDS for Life Prevention Program with Children at Risk for Internalizing Disorders

Autores

  • Diogo Araújo DeSousa Universidade Tiradentes
  • Felipe Vilanova Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Kimberly Ecker Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
  • Silvia Koller Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Arlete Salcides Universidade Federal do Pampa
  • Circe Petersen Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Resumo

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the FRIENDS for Life program in the selective prevention format with children at risk for internalizing disorders living in countryside areas. The study also examined the association between response to treatment and a series of individual variables. Participants were 111 children aged 7 to 12 years old (M = 9.33; SD = 1.58), 55% boys. The intervention was delivered in 10 sessions by trained teachers supervised by a clinical psychologist, in groups of six to twelve children each. There was a significance reduction in anxiety and depressive symptoms after the intervention, with a small effect size. The only predictor that demonstrated significant association with response to treatment was the severity of pre-treatment anxiety. Our results support the effectiveness of the FRIENDS for Life program in the prevention format in a new culture and a non-privileged context.

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Biografia do Autor

Diogo Araújo DeSousa, Universidade Tiradentes

Doutor em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Professor Assistente do Departamento de Psicologia e do Laboratório de Avaliação e Mensuração em Psicologia (LAMP) da Universidade Tiradentes.

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Publicado

2016-12-19

Edição

v. 5 n. 1 (2016)

Seção

Artigos: Relatos de Pesquisa