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Preventing Co-Occurring Depression Symptoms in Adolescents with Conduct Problems

The Penn Resiliency Program

  1. J.J. CUTULI1,2,
  2. TARA M. CHAPLIN1,
  3. JANE E. GILLHAM3,
  4. KAREN J. REIVICH1,
  5. MARTIN E.P. SELIGMAN1

Article first published online: 16 FEB 2007

DOI: 10.1196/annals.1376.035

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volume 1094, Resilience in Children pages 282–286, December 2006

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CUTULI, J.J., CHAPLIN, T. M., GILLHAM, J. E., REIVICH, K. J. and SELIGMAN, M. E.P. (2006), Preventing Co-Occurring Depression Symptoms in Adolescents with Conduct Problems. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1094: 282–286. doi: 10.1196/annals.1376.035

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  1. 1

    Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA

  2. 2

    Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

  3. 3

    Psychology Department, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA

*Address for correspondence: J.J. Cutuli, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota—TC, 51 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN, 55405. Fax: 612-624-6373.  e-mail: cutu0001@umn.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 16 FEB 2007
  2. Article first published online: 16 FEB 2007

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Keywords:

  • prevention;
  • intervention;
  • conduct problems;
  • depression;
  • adolescence

Abstract: Children who exhibit elevated levels of conduct problems are at increased risk for developing co-occurring depression symptoms, especially during adolescence. This study tests the effectiveness of a manualized after school intervention (the Penn Resiliency Program [PRP]) for the prevention of depression symptoms among a subset of middle-school-aged students who exhibited elevated levels of conduct problems, but not depression symptoms, at the start of the study. Longitudinal analyses demonstrate that the program successfully prevented elevations in depression symptoms across early- to mid-adolescence compared to no-intervention controls.

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