TY - JOUR
T1 - A social gradient in the effects of the skills for life program on self-efficacy and mental wellbeing of adolescent students
AU - Pannebakker, Fieke D.
AU - van Genugten, Lenneke
AU - Diekstra, René F.W.
AU - Gravesteijn, Carolien
AU - Fekkes, Minne
AU - Kuiper, Rebecca
AU - Kocken, Paul L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by ZonMw, grant no. 62300045.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, American School Health Association
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1111/josh.12779
DO - 10.1111/josh.12779
M3 - Article
C2 - 31032979
AN - SCOPUS:85065177415
SN - 0022-4391
VL - 89
SP - 587
EP - 595
JO - Journal of School Health
JF - Journal of School Health
IS - 7
ER -
