“…Primary prevention of psychopathology is a relatively new idea (cf. Bower, 1965Bower, , 1969Caplan, 1961Caplan, , 1964Kessler & Albee, 1975;Zax & Cowen, 1969) which currently arouses as much fervent support (Albee, 1982;Bloom, 1979Bloom, , 1981Bower, 1972;Cowen, 1980;Kelly, 1977) as opposition (Cain, 1967;Cumming, 1972;Henderson, 1975;Lamb, 1981;Lamb & Zusman, 1979;Panzetta, 1971). The major problem is that the concepts of primary prevention which were initially presented with such great promise have led to so few adequately evaluated prevention projects that critics and skeptics abound.…”