"FRIENDS for Life": The Results of a Resilience-Building, Anxiety-Prevention Program in a Canadian Elementary School

Rose, Heather; Miller, Lynn D.; Martinez, Yvonne

doi:10.5330/psc.n.2010-12.400

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“…Although more than a dozen studies have been conducted using the FRIENDS program, small variations have been noted in terms of the treatment protocol such as increasing (e.g., Bernstein et al, 2005) or decreasing (Rose, Miller, & Martinez, 2009) program length. Related, published studies have not always clearly specified which intervention components were incorporated.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…It should be noted, however, that these results speak to the appropriateness of the school as an implementation setting but do not address concerns related to personnel. Although three studies (i.e., Barrett & Turner, 2001;Lowry-Webster et al, 2001;Rose et al, 2009) successfully trained classroom teachers to implement the program independently, these teachers were provided with training and support that may not be available in the typical school environment. That is, teachers participated in intensive training workshops prior to implementation and received feedback regarding implementation integrity from an external consultant.…”

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Reducing the Prevalence of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: An Evaluation of the Evidence Base for the FRIENDS for Life Program

Briesch

Sanetti

Briesch

2010

School Mental Health

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Current estimates suggest that between 8 and 22% of children and adolescents may suffer from an anxiety disorder. Effective intervention efforts are therefore clearly needed to reduce the likelihood of anxious symptoms and promote healthy functioning. One intervention that appears feasible for use in schools and was designed to target anxiety symptoms is the FRIENDS for Life program. Evaluation of FRIENDS has been limited in the United States; however, criteria for evaluation of such programs are available. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to review the research base regarding the FRIENDS for Life program and apply coding procedures to examine program effectiveness. Overall, results suggested promise for use in school-based settings, given demonstrated effectiveness in reducing anxiety symptoms in both universal and targeted populations when implemented within the school ecology. Limitations of the existing evidence base, however, are discussed, thus providing direction for future research.

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Reducing the Prevalence of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: An Evaluation of the Evidence Base for the FRIENDS for Life Program

Briesch

Sanetti

Briesch

2010

School Mental Health

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“…There thus may be value in implementing prevention approaches that promote regular engagement in PA before mental illness emerges, especially in those at risk. While prevention programs focused on cognitive-behavioral and skill-based education have been shown to be effective (e.g., Rose, Miller & Martinez, 2009;Seligman et al, 1999), they can also be costly and inaccessible to some populations. In contrast, PA is universally available, and is increasingly M A N U S C R I P T .04** .41** .43** Note: Standardized regression weights (β) and standard error of B (SE B ) were averaged over 5 imputation datasets.…”

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Physical activity and stress resilience: Considering those at-risk for developing mental health problems

Hegberg

Tone

2015

Mental Health and Physical Activity

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“…Onge et al, 2017). Rose et al (2009) found that 73.1% of their student sample reported liking FFL, and 61.5% reported that FFL helped them. St.…”

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“…Since the first documented SV assessment of the FFL programme (Barrett, Shortt et al, 2001), additional FFL evaluation studies have included student, parent, and teacher SV assessment in research designs, later named the FFL SV Questionnaires (SVQ; Barrett, Sonderegger et al, 2001;Barrett, 2005). Rose et al (2009) evaluated FFL in western Canada. Most students (approximately 86%) indicated enjoying the programme and rated two programme-specific techniques (changing red thoughts to green thoughts, and relaxation techniques) as the most helpful in the programme.…”

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Treatment Integrity and Social Validity of the FRIENDS for Life Programme in a Northeastern Canadian School System

2020

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The FRIENDS for Life (FFL) programme, a school-based anxiety prevention programme, targets anxiety reduction and resiliency development in elementary school-aged children (Barrett, Sonderegger & Xenos, 2003). In the context of equivocal effectiveness findings regarding FFL in Canadian schools, the present study assessed pre–post changes in anxiety, self-esteem, and prosocial behaviour in a school system in Northeastern Canada. To yield further insight to the potential sources of equivocal FFL effectiveness findings, we also evaluated FFL treatment integrity (TI) and social validity (SV). Few studies have assessed FFL TI at the level of identifying which programme sessions, or within-session content, have or have not been adhered to (Higgins & O'Sullivan S, 2015). Similarly, few studies have provided detailed programme SV data or perceived programme benefits by children and parents. TI and SV can provide programme data beyond anxiety reduction, which is key in prevention programming research, as pre–post changes are challenging to detect in ‘healthy’ samples (Durlak & Wells, 1997). Treatment outcome, TI, and SV data were collected from classrooms across 10 elementary schools administering FFL. The sample included 210 child and 108 parent participants; post-testing occurred 1 week following FFL programme completion. Findings indicated significant decreases from pre- to post-test in child-reported anxiety and self-esteem but no changes in prosocial behaviours. Findings suggest that low TI ratings may have impacted anxiety, self-esteem, and prosocial behaviour results, and that child-reported SV may be more related to programme outcomes than parent-reported SV. Implications for FFL programme developers and future FFL evaluation studies are discussed.

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"FRIENDS for Life": The Results of a Resilience-Building, Anxiety-Prevention Program in a Canadian Elementary School

Cited by 27 publications

References 7 publications

Reducing the Prevalence of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: An Evaluation of the Evidence Base for the FRIENDS for Life Program

Reducing the Prevalence of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: An Evaluation of the Evidence Base for the FRIENDS for Life Program

Physical activity and stress resilience: Considering those at-risk for developing mental health problems

Treatment Integrity and Social Validity of the FRIENDS for Life Programme in a Northeastern Canadian School System

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