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Teachers or psychologists: Who should facilitate depression prevention programs in schools?

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Wahl, Melanie, Adelson, Jill, Patak, Margarete, Pössel, Patrick, Hautzinger, Martin·2014·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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The current study evaluates a depression prevention program for adolescents led by psychologists vs. teachers in comparison to a control. The universal school-based prevention program has shown its efficacy in several studies when implemented by psychologists. The current study compares the effects of the program as implemented by teachers versus that implemented by psychologists under real-life conditions. A total of 646 vocational track 8th grade students from Germany participated either in a universal prevention program, led by teachers (n = 207) or psychologists (n = 213), or a teaching-as-usual control condition (n = 226). The design includes baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up (at 6 and 12 months post-intervention). The cognitive-behavioral program includes 10 sessions held in a regular school setting in same-gender groups and is based on the social information-processing model of social competence. Positive intervention effects were found on the change in girls' depressive symptoms up to 12 months after program delivery when the program was implemented by psychologists. No such effects were found on boys or when program was delivered by teachers. The prevention program can successfully be implemented for girls by psychologists. Further research is needed for explanations of these effects.

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  • Wahl et al. (2014) compared a depression prevention program delivered by either teachers or psychologists and found only the program facilitated by psychologists to have any significant impact on outcomes.

    “This conclusion is supported by similar research conducted by Wahl et al. (2014), which compared a depression prevention program delivered by either teachers or psychologists and found only the pro­ gram facilitated by psychologists to have any significant impact on outcomes.”

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    The Conclusions report positive intervention effects on depressive symptoms only for girls in the psychologist-led program, with none for boys or in the teacher-led program. The claim omits that gender and outcome limitation: it suggests a significant impact on outcomes generally, whereas the reported benefit was specifically for girls’ depressive symptoms. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Wahl, M., Adelson, J., Patak, M., Pössel, P., & Hautzinger, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Tübingen (DE)
  • University of Louisville (US)
Corresponding author
Wahl, Melanie
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2014-05-15
Volume
11
Issue
5
Pages
5294-5316
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2065760917
Cited by
31
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2
FWCI
7.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • GenderOpen - Repositorium für die Geschlechterforschung (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository (University of Louisville) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • GenderOpen - Repositorium für die Geschlechterforschung
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
depression prevention, school-based prevention, adolescents, cognitive-behavioral intervention, social information processing model, social competence, gender differences, depressive symptoms, program implementation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Depression, Faculty, Female, Germany, Humans, Male, Psychology, School Health Services, Students, Cohort Studies

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