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Recalling and anticipating positive events to improve the positive affect and mental health of adolescents: A cluster randomized controlled trial in secondary schools.
Bogaert, L; Hallford, D; Loyen, E et al.
2024In Behaviour Research and Therapy, 179, p. 104543
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Keywords :
Adolescents; Emotion regulation; Positive emotions; Resilience; Wellbeing; Humans; Adolescent; Female; Male; Child; Resilience, Psychological; Depression/psychology; Depression/therapy; Anhedonia; Affect; Thinking; Emotions; Mental Health; Memory, Episodic; Schools; Depression; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health
Abstract :
[en] This cluster randomized controlled trial examined the effectiveness of Positive Events Training (PET), a combined group training aimed at simultaneously improving positive autobiographical memory (AM) and episodic future thinking (EFT) among adolescents (12-16 years). Delivered as a universal school-based program, PET was compared with an active (creative writing) control group (CREAT). Effects on resilience, wellbeing, positive emotions, emotional response styles towards positive emotions (savoring, dampening), anhedonia, depressive symptoms, and multiple AM and EFT indices were examined. Adolescents (NPET = 95, NCREAT = 93) completed self-report scales at baseline, post-training and two-month follow-up. Multilevel models revealed that PET led to significant improvements in certain AM and EFT skills. Moreover, a decrease in anhedonia was observed at post-training. However, this effect did not withstand correction for multiple testing. Absence of changes in the other outcomes should be interpreted within the context of the universal school-based approach and the potential limited scope for detectable changes. Exploratory analyses suggest the importance of further investigating PET's potential in addressing positive affect dysregulations in indicated samples, and exploring perceived likelihood of generated future events and dampening as potential underlying mechanisms. Study limitations and future directions to maximize the demonstrated potential of PET are discussed.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Bogaert, L ;  Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven Child and Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: liesbeth.bogaert@kuleuven.be
Hallford, D ;  School of Psychology, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Road, Geelong, Australia
Loyen, E ;  Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven Child and Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium
D'Argembeau, Arnaud  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie
Raes, F ;  Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven Child and Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Recalling and anticipating positive events to improve the positive affect and mental health of adolescents: A cluster randomized controlled trial in secondary schools.
Publication date :
2024
Journal title :
Behaviour Research and Therapy
ISSN :
0005-7967
eISSN :
1873-622X
Publisher :
Elsevier Ltd, England
Volume :
179
Pages :
104543
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Vlaanderen [BE]
FWO - Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen [BE]
Funding text :
This research was supported by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) under a Red Noses grant (G0D5522N). D.H.\u2019s work was supported by the Research Foundation \u2013 Flanders (FWO) 2023 Incoming Mobility Grant
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