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Oklan, Ari M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Alternative education students face many interacting challenges that put them at significant risk of dropping out of school (Carver & Lewis, 2010), as well as deleterious health and psychological outcomes, and intergenerational cycles of sociopolitical disadvantage (Laird, Kienzel, Debell & Chapman, 2007). Despite the persistent national…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Treatment
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Caporino, Nicole E.; Karver, Marc S. – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
An efficacious treatment is diminished in value if consumers do not seek it out and adhere to it, making treatment acceptability an important predictor of the effectiveness of treatment. This study examined the acceptability of treatments for depression to 67 female high school students. All participants read a vignette describing a depressed…
Descriptors: Health Services, Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy, Mental Health Programs
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
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Horowitz, Jason L.; Garber, Judy; Ciesla, Jeffrey A.; Young, Jami F.; Mufson, Laura – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
This study evaluated the efficacy of 2 programs for preventing depressive symptoms in adolescents. Participants were 380 high school students randomly assigned to a cognitive-behavioral program (CB), an interpersonal psychotherapy-adolescent skills training program (IPT-AST), or a no-intervention control. The interventions involved eight 90-min…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Adolescents, Effect Size