A randomized controlled trial comparing two cognitive-behavioral programs for adolescent girls with subclinical depression: A school based program (Op Volle Kracht) and a computerized program (SPARX)

Marlou Poppelaars; Yuli R. Tak; Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff; Rutger C. M. E. Engels; Adam Lobel; Sally N. Merry; Mathijs F. G. Lucassen; Isabela Granic

doi:10.1016/j.brat.2016.03.005

A randomized controlled trial comparing two cognitive-behavioral programs for adolescent girls with subclinical depression: A school based program (Op Volle Kracht) and a computerized program (SPARX)

Marlou Poppelaars^*, Yuli R. Tak, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Adam Lobel, Sally N. Merry, Mathijs F. G. Lucassen, Isabela Granic

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Limited research has indicated the effectiveness of the school-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) prevention program 'Op Volle Kracht (OVK)' and the computerized CBT program 'SPARX' in decreasing depressive symptoms. Therefore, a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of OVK and SPARX was conducted among Dutch female adolescents (n = 208, mean age = 13.35) with elevated depressive symptoms. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: OVK only (n = 50), SPARX only (n = 51), OVK and SPARX combined (n = 56) and a monitoring control condition (n = 51). Participants in the first three conditions received OVK lessons and/or the SPARX game. Depressive symptoms were assessed before interventions started, weekly during the interventions, and immediately after the interventions ended, with follow-up assessments at 3, 6 and 12 months. Intention to treat results showed that depressive symptoms decreased in all conditions (F(12, 1853.03) = 14.62, p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-42
Number of pages	10
Journal	Behaviour Research and Therapy
Volume	80
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2016.03.005
Publication status	Published - May-2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Prevention
Adolescence
Depression
Randomized controlled trial
Cognitive-behavioral
Video game
PREVENTION PROGRAM
GLOBAL BURDEN
TECHNOLOGY IMPLICATIONS
GENDER-DIFFERENCES
THERAPY PROGRAM
MENTAL-HEALTH
SYMPTOMS
CHILDREN
INTERVENTIONS
UNIVERSAL

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Poppelaars, M., Tak, Y. R., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., Engels, R. C. M. E., Lobel, A., Merry, S. N., Lucassen, M. F. G., & Granic, I. (2016). A randomized controlled trial comparing two cognitive-behavioral programs for adolescent girls with subclinical depression: A school based program (Op Volle Kracht) and a computerized program (SPARX). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 80, 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2016.03.005

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