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Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial

The efficacy of an enhanced version of the Aussie Optimism Program (AOP) was investigated in a cluster randomized controlled trial. Grade 6 students aged 10–11 years of age (N = 2288) from 63 government primary schools in Perth, Western Australia, participated in the pre, post, and follow-up study....

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Autores principales: Roberts, Clare M., Kane, Robert T., Rooney, Rosanna M., Pintabona, Yolanda, Baughman, Natalie, Hassan, Sharinaz, Cross, Donna, Zubrick, Stephen R., Silburn, Sven R.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5863632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29599729
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01392
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author Roberts, Clare M.
Kane, Robert T.
Rooney, Rosanna M.
Pintabona, Yolanda
Baughman, Natalie
Hassan, Sharinaz
Cross, Donna
Zubrick, Stephen R.
Silburn, Sven R.
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Kane, Robert T.
Rooney, Rosanna M.
Pintabona, Yolanda
Baughman, Natalie
Hassan, Sharinaz
Cross, Donna
Zubrick, Stephen R.
Silburn, Sven R.
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description The efficacy of an enhanced version of the Aussie Optimism Program (AOP) was investigated in a cluster randomized controlled trial. Grade 6 students aged 10–11 years of age (N = 2288) from 63 government primary schools in Perth, Western Australia, participated in the pre, post, and follow-up study. Schools were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: Aussie Optimism with teacher training, Aussie Optimism with teacher training plus coaching, or a usual care condition that received the regular Western Australian Health Education Curriculum. Students in the Aussie Optimism conditions received 20, 1-h lessons relating to social and interpersonal skills and optimistic thinking skills over the last 2 years of primary school. Parents in the active conditions received a parent information booklet each year, plus a self-directed program in Grade 7. Students and parents completed the Extended Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Students who scored in the clinical range on the Emotional Symptoms Scale were given The Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents IV, to assess suicidal ideation and behavior, and depressive and anxiety disorders. Results indicated that Aussie Optimism with teacher training plus coaching was associated with the best outcomes: a significant increase in student-reported pro-social behavior from pre-test to post-test 1 (maintained at post-test 2) and significantly lower incidence rates from suicidal ideation at post-test 2 and follow-up. No significant intervention effects on anxiety and depressive disorders, and total difficulties were reported. These findings suggest that the AOP with teacher training along with coaching may have the potential to positively impact on suicidality and pro-social behavior in the pre-adolescent years.
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spelling pubmed-58636322018-03-29 Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial Roberts, Clare M. Kane, Robert T. Rooney, Rosanna M. Pintabona, Yolanda Baughman, Natalie Hassan, Sharinaz Cross, Donna Zubrick, Stephen R. Silburn, Sven R. Front Psychol Psychology The efficacy of an enhanced version of the Aussie Optimism Program (AOP) was investigated in a cluster randomized controlled trial. Grade 6 students aged 10–11 years of age (N = 2288) from 63 government primary schools in Perth, Western Australia, participated in the pre, post, and follow-up study. Schools were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: Aussie Optimism with teacher training, Aussie Optimism with teacher training plus coaching, or a usual care condition that received the regular Western Australian Health Education Curriculum. Students in the Aussie Optimism conditions received 20, 1-h lessons relating to social and interpersonal skills and optimistic thinking skills over the last 2 years of primary school. Parents in the active conditions received a parent information booklet each year, plus a self-directed program in Grade 7. Students and parents completed the Extended Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Students who scored in the clinical range on the Emotional Symptoms Scale were given The Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents IV, to assess suicidal ideation and behavior, and depressive and anxiety disorders. Results indicated that Aussie Optimism with teacher training plus coaching was associated with the best outcomes: a significant increase in student-reported pro-social behavior from pre-test to post-test 1 (maintained at post-test 2) and significantly lower incidence rates from suicidal ideation at post-test 2 and follow-up. No significant intervention effects on anxiety and depressive disorders, and total difficulties were reported. These findings suggest that the AOP with teacher training along with coaching may have the potential to positively impact on suicidality and pro-social behavior in the pre-adolescent years. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5863632/ /pubmed/29599729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01392 Text en Copyright © 2018 Roberts, Kane, Rooney, Pintabona, Baughman, Hassan, Cross, Zubrick and Silburn. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Roberts, Clare M.
Kane, Robert T.
Rooney, Rosanna M.
Pintabona, Yolanda
Baughman, Natalie
Hassan, Sharinaz
Cross, Donna
Zubrick, Stephen R.
Silburn, Sven R.
Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial
title Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial
title_full Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial
title_fullStr Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial
title_short Efficacy of the Aussie Optimism Program: Promoting Pro-social Behavior and Preventing Suicidality in Primary School Students. A Randomised-Controlled Trial
title_sort efficacy of the aussie optimism program: promoting pro-social behavior and preventing suicidality in primary school students. a randomised-controlled trial
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5863632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29599729
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01392
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