Effects of a School-based Intervention Program for Middle School Adolescent Girls with Depression: As Part of the School Health Services.
10.4040/jkan.2012.42.7.984
- Author:
Kyung Mi SUNG
1
Author Information
1. College of Nursing & Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea. sungkyungmi7@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Controlled Clinical Trial
- Keywords:
Adolescent;
Female;
Depression;
School health services
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
*Adolescent Psychology;
Depression/*prevention & control;
Female;
Humans;
Program Evaluation;
School Health Services/*utilization;
Self Concept;
Social Support;
Students/*psychology
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2012;42(7):984-991
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a school-based intervention program for middle school adolescent girls with depression. METHODS: The study was a pretest-posttest repeated-measure design with a nonequivalent control group. Fifty eight students with depressive symptoms were recruited from two middle schools in Seoul, Korea. The data were collected from the intervention (n=30) and the comparison group (n=28). The research instrument was Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale. RESULTS: The intervention group greatly improved from baseline to 10 weeks and then saw a slight positive change between 10 and 13 weeks. CONCLUSION: The results of this research show that depression intervention programs are effective for young female adolescents. Thus the investigation has important school-based treatment implications, and should be integrated into school curriculums by school health nurses for early intervention of depressive symptoms in middle school adolescent girls.
