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Interventions to build resilience among young people A literature review

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Author/<br />

year<br />

Topic of <strong>review</strong><br />

Type of <strong>review</strong><br />

Quality score<br />

No of <strong>review</strong>ed studies<br />

Year range of the studies<br />

Age range of participants<br />

Total number of subjects<br />

Description of<br />

interventions<br />

Settings<br />

Methods<br />

used in<br />

<strong>review</strong>ed<br />

studies<br />

Outcome variables<br />

Findings/conclusions<br />

emotional<br />

disturbance<br />

Systematic<br />

<strong>review</strong><br />

7<br />

Not specified<br />

Not specified<br />

support<br />

design<br />

withinsubjects<br />

design<br />

singlesubject<br />

design<br />

Internalising behaviour at<br />

school<br />

Externalising behaviour at<br />

home<br />

Internalising behaviour at<br />

home<br />

Social skills at school<br />

Social skills at home<br />

Academic achievement<br />

Adaptive functioning at<br />

school<br />

Active engagement<br />

Family functioning<br />

Wells et al.<br />

(2003)<br />

Universal<br />

approaches <strong>to</strong><br />

mental health<br />

promotion in<br />

schools<br />

Systematic<br />

<strong>review</strong><br />

7<br />

17<br />

1986–1999<br />

Years<br />

N=13,672<br />

Teacher<br />

training<br />

Classroom<br />

activities<br />

Timetable<br />

changes<br />

Whole-school<br />

approach<br />

School<br />

RCT<br />

Controlled<br />

trials<br />

Mental health<br />

Conduct problems<br />

Depression<br />

Suicidal ideation<br />

Behaviours<br />

Self-esteem<br />

Improvements in self-concept,<br />

aggressive behaviour and<br />

negotiating and problemsolving.<br />

Positive evidence of<br />

effectiveness was obtained for<br />

programs that adopted a wholeschool<br />

approach, were<br />

implemented continuously for<br />

more than a year, and were<br />

aimed at the promotion of<br />

mental health as opposed <strong>to</strong> the<br />

prevention of mental illness.<br />

Provides evidence that universal<br />

school mental health promotion<br />

programs can be effective and<br />

suggests that long-term<br />

interventions promoting the<br />

<strong>Interventions</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>build</strong> <strong>resilience</strong> <strong>among</strong> <strong>young</strong> <strong>people</strong>: a <strong>literature</strong> <strong>review</strong> 125

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