A Parental Program for the Prevention of Depression in Adolescents

Abstract

The Parental Program for the Prevention of Depression in Adolescents (3PDA) is an innovative interventionwhich includes contents that were never studied in depression prevention programs but that the literature has identified as important variables for the promotion of well-being and treatment of psychological suffering (e.g. emotional validation; compassion). Literature suggest the relevance of parenting practices and quality of familial relationships as risk/protection factors for the development of depressive symptoms, but there is few and inconclusive research on parental components in preventive interventions with youth (Horowitz & Garber, 2006). Aims: The purpose of this study is to describe the process of planning (structure, contents, specific goals, strategies and resources), implementing (parents groups; sessions; contexts) and evaluating preliminary efficacy data of 3PDA.

Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: Longitudinal Effects Of Emotional Regulation Moderated By Parental Support

“…This might be especially important in the case of acceptance strategy, which might have been misunderstood by the adolescents in the present study. It's also important to give parents an opportunity to increase resilience, coping and parenting skills, and to increase their awareness of the influence of their parenting strategies, so that more resilient and skilled parents can help vulnerable adolescents to cope with their difficulties (Ewing et al, 2015;Pinheiro, Matos, Costa, Arnarson, & Craighead, 2015), not only by promoting a safer place for adolescents to express their difficulties (Morris et al, 2017b), but also by coaching their children to better deal with negative emotional experiences (Criss et al, 2016).…”