Efficacy of the Mentalization Improvement Program for Adolescent (MIPAdo) for Enhancement of Mental Health in School Children.
- Author:
Su Jin MOON
1
;
So Young OH
;
Won Hye LEE
;
Min Ha HONG
;
Jung Won MIN
;
Bong Seog KIM
;
Jun Won HWANG
;
Ieehyok WOO
;
Geon Ho BAHN
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mompeian@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Mentalization;
School Mental Health;
Adolescent;
Bullying
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Aggression;
Anxiety;
Bullying;
Child;
Empathy;
Humans;
Mental Health;
Phenothiazines;
Theory of Mind
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2012;23(3):109-116
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Understanding the emotions, thoughts, feelings and behaviors of others, as well as oneself, is part of the mentalizing function. We developed a new school-based community model for mental health, called the Mentalization Improvement Program for Adolescent-Community Model (MIPAdo-CM), based on the concept of mentalization. METHODS: The MIPAdo-CM was composed of 12 sessions and was applied to 403 students in the 2nd grade of a middle school. Every session was conducted after the regular school hours for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks, we compared the endpoint changes of Adolescent Mental Problem Questionnaire-Revised (AMPQ-R), Emotional Empathy Test (EET), Peer Aggression Scale (PAS), Peer Bullying Scale (PBS), School Adjustment Scale (SAS), Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) and Visual Analogue Scale between the subject and the control group. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between two groups in AMPQ-R, EET, PAS, PBS, SAS, and TAI. On the Visual Analoge Scale, however, students in the trial classes reported more increase in understanding and respect for both others and themselves. CONCLUSION: The efficacy of MIPAdo-CM was subjective improvement of understanding and respect for both others and themselves, erence between two groups in AMPQ-R, Empathy test, To prove objective usefulness of this program, further studies with more structured design will be needed.
