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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 />

Stress<br />

behaviours.<br />

Five of 7 studies with moderate<br />

<strong>to</strong> large effect sizes on outcomes<br />

were also those with both good<br />

quality of execution and the<br />

greatest suitability of the design.<br />

Robinson et<br />

al. (2013)<br />

School-based<br />

interventions<br />

aimed at<br />

preventing,<br />

treating, and<br />

responding <strong>to</strong><br />

suicide-related<br />

behaviour in<br />

<strong>young</strong> <strong>people</strong><br />

Systematic<br />

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

7<br />

43<br />

1987–2011<br />

School age<br />

N=30,399<br />

Gatekeeper<br />

training<br />

Screening<br />

Psychoeducatio<br />

n<br />

Universal<br />

prevention (15<br />

studies)<br />

Selective<br />

prevention (23<br />

studies)<br />

Indicated<br />

interventions (3<br />

studies)<br />

Postvention<br />

programs (2<br />

studies)<br />

School<br />

RCT<br />

Nonrandomised<br />

experiment<br />

al trial<br />

Pretest/posttest<br />

case<br />

series<br />

Cohort<br />

study<br />

Case-control<br />

study<br />

Crosssectional<br />

study<br />

Suicide-related<br />

behaviours<br />

Knowledge of suicide<br />

Attitudes <strong>to</strong>wards suicide<br />

Help-seeking behaviour<br />

Most promising interventions<br />

for schools are gatekeeper<br />

training and screening programs.<br />

Evidence limited and hampered<br />

by methodological concerns.<br />

Klimes-<br />

Dougan et al.<br />

(2013)<br />

Impact of<br />

universal suicideprevention<br />

programs on the<br />

help-seeking<br />

attitudes and<br />

behaviours of<br />

youths<br />

18<br />

1989–2010<br />

Not specified<br />

N=18,836<br />

Gatekeeper<br />

training<br />

Screening<br />

Psychoeducatio<br />

n<br />

Public service<br />

announcement<br />

s<br />

School (17<br />

studies)<br />

Community<br />

(1 study)<br />

RCT<br />

Quasiexperiment<br />

al design<br />

Help-seeking attitudes<br />

Help-seeking behaviours<br />

Help-giving behaviours<br />

Suicide-prevention programming<br />

has a limited impact on helpseeking<br />

behaviour.<br />

Although there was some<br />

evidence that suicide-prevention<br />

programs had a positive impact<br />

on students’ help-seeking<br />

attitudes and behaviours, there<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> 94

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