Evaluación de un programa de prevención de la ansiedad en adolescentes
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Historically major support has done to itself in the application of treatments compared with the anxiety disorders prevention\nin children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an anxiety prevention program based on cognitive - behavioral techniques and implemented by teachers. Participated 98 students aged between 12 and 14 years. The intervention consisted of 4 cognitive - behavioral therapy sessions that included psycho-education, relaxation training, cognitive\nrestructuring, problem solving and decision making. A group of 62 students to whom any treatment was not applied, served\nas control condition. Participants who received the intervention showed a decrease in anxiety sensibility, anxious symptomatology and negative affection. These effects indicate that, through a brief anxiety prevention intervention for anxiety, teachers can reduce variables considered as risk factors for the development of anxiety disorders.
Author: Ana Isabel Aznar García
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2144485689