Preventive Intervention School Mental Health in Adolescents: Challenges for a Public Program in the Educational Communities

dc.creatorLeiva, Loreto
dc.creatorGeorge, Myriam
dc.creatorSquicciarini, Ana María
dc.creatorSimonsohn, Ariela
dc.creatorGuzmán Piña, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-28T15:20:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T14:40:41Z
dc.date.available2016-10-28T15:20:25Z
dc.date.available2019-05-17T14:40:41Z
dc.date.created2016-10-28T15:20:25Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifierUniversitas Psychologica, 2015, vol. 14, n° 4, p. 1285-1297
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/805
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/2674890
dc.description.abstractThis paper shows the contribution of "Skills for Life Program" to prevention practices adolescent mental health in schools in Chile. Study included a sample of adolescents (N = 212) who participated in the preventive intervention of the program. The goal was to examine changes in variables of school maladjustment (SM) and psychosocial dysfunction (PD) based on their attendance and their parents to the preventive intervention. Design was ex-post-facto, longitudinal prospective, pre and post measurements. Analysis considered repeated measures ANOVA and t tests for related samples. Results indicate a decrease in risk factors associated with SM and PD stability of adolescents. Study implications will be discussed for preventive science and public policy.
dc.languageen_US
dc.subjectSchool mental health
dc.subjectPrevention
dc.subjectPreventive intervention in school
dc.subjectPreventive workshops
dc.subjectSkills for Life Program
dc.titlePreventive Intervention School Mental Health in Adolescents: Challenges for a Public Program in the Educational Communities
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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