TY - JOUR
T1 - Contextualized school-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) intervention for Malaysian secondary school students
AU - Saw, Jo Anne
AU - Tam, Cai Lian
AU - Thanzami, Vanlal
AU - Bonn, Gregory
N1 - Funding Information:
The primary author, JAS would like to thank Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia for the scholarship and support that were offered in the completion of this PhD project. Authors would like to thank GA21 Multidisciplinary Platform Monash University Malaysia and Jeffrey School of Medicine and Health Science, Monash University Malaysia for the publication fee support.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Saw, Tam, Thanzami and Bonn.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12/21
Y1 - 2020/12/21
N2 - This study investigates the effectiveness of the school-based Shine Through Any Roadblocks (STAR) CBT intervention, by a screening conducted on 634 students from eight secondary schools in Malaysia. Participants (n = 85) who fulfilled the eligibility criteria were assigned randomly to either the intervention group (n = 42) or the assessment-only waitlist control group (n = 43). The intervention consisted of eight group-based sessions over a period of 2 months. Sessions were 60-min each and conducted according to the STAR module. Outcome measures (depressive symptoms and automatic negative thoughts) were administered at five intervals: baseline/pre-intervention, mid-intervention, post-intervention, 1-month after intervention, and 3-months after intervention. Results showed significant and lasting lower levels of depressive symptoms and automatic negative thoughts in the intervention group, indicating that the STAR intervention could be an effective means of reducing depressive symptomatology among adolescents. Clinical implications for the Malaysian secondary school context are further discussed.
AB - This study investigates the effectiveness of the school-based Shine Through Any Roadblocks (STAR) CBT intervention, by a screening conducted on 634 students from eight secondary schools in Malaysia. Participants (n = 85) who fulfilled the eligibility criteria were assigned randomly to either the intervention group (n = 42) or the assessment-only waitlist control group (n = 43). The intervention consisted of eight group-based sessions over a period of 2 months. Sessions were 60-min each and conducted according to the STAR module. Outcome measures (depressive symptoms and automatic negative thoughts) were administered at five intervals: baseline/pre-intervention, mid-intervention, post-intervention, 1-month after intervention, and 3-months after intervention. Results showed significant and lasting lower levels of depressive symptoms and automatic negative thoughts in the intervention group, indicating that the STAR intervention could be an effective means of reducing depressive symptomatology among adolescents. Clinical implications for the Malaysian secondary school context are further discussed.
KW - adolescence
KW - automatic negative thoughts
KW - cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
KW - depressive symptomatology
KW - school-based prevention intervention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098782904&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.565896
DO - 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.565896
M3 - Article
C2 - 33408652
AN - SCOPUS:85098782904
SN - 1664-0640
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Psychiatry
JF - Frontiers in Psychiatry
M1 - 565896
ER -