Reducing Stress and Enhancing Academic Buoyancy among Adolescents Using a Brief Web-based Program Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy : A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Reducing Stress and Enhancing Academic Buoyancy among Adolescents Using a Brief Web-based Program Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy : A Randomized Controlled Trial

Anne Puolakanaho Noona Kiuru Päivi Lappalainen Kenneth Eklund Raimo Lappalainen Joona Muotka Riikka Hirvonen Timo Ahonen

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Male 050109 social psychology mobile intervention Empirical Research Adolescents Acceptance and commitment therapy law.invention stress Randomized controlled trial nuoret law Adaptation Psychological Stress (linguistics)Developmental and Educational Psychology adolescents Finland Academic Success 05 social sciences Health psychology Randomized controlled trial Female Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology Adolescent Social Psychology hyväksymis- ja omistautumisterapia Context (language use)Stress Education academic buoyancy Academic buoyancy Mobile intervention Intervention (counseling)mobiilipalvelut Humans Web application 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Students School Health Services Internet Intervention program business.industry Acceptance and commitment therapy stressi Treatment Adherence and Compliance randomized controlled trial business Stress Psychological Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Acceptance and commitment therapy programs have rarely been used as preventive tools for alleviating stress and enhancing coping skills among adolescents. This randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of a novel Finnish web- and mobile-delivered five-week intervention program called Youth COMPASS among a general sample of ninth-grade adolescents (n= 249, 49% females). The intervention group showed a small but significant decrease in overall stress (between-group Cohen’s d = 0.22) and an increase in academic buoyancy (d= 0.27). Academic skills did not influence the intervention gains, but the intervention gains were largest among high-stressed participants. The results suggest that the acceptance and commitment based Youth COMPASS program may be well suited for promoting adolescents’ well-being in the school context. peerReviewed

year	journal	country	edition	language
2018-12-01

http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201903011680