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Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Meta-analysis

8 papers

The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions

Joseph A. Durlak, Roger P. Weissberg, Allison B. Dymnicki, Rebecca D. Taylor, Kriston B. Schellinger
Child Development Summary & key facts 2011 8,084 citations

This meta-analysis combined results from 213 school-based, universal social and emotional learning (SEL) programs involving 270,034 kindergarten-through-high-school students. Compared with control groups, students in SEL programs showed better social and emotional skills, attitudes, and behavior, and their school achievement was higher by about 11 percentile points. Regular school teaching staff…

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Early Childhood Education and Development Parental Involvement in Education

Emotion-regulation strategies across psychopathology: A meta-analytic review

Amelia Aldao, Susan Nolen–Hoeksema, Susanne Schweizer
PubMed Summary & key facts 2010 6,290 citations

This meta-analysis combined 241 effect sizes from 114 studies to test how six habitual emotion-regulation strategies relate to symptoms of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and substance-related problems. Rumination showed the strongest (large) link with symptoms. Avoidance, problem solving, and suppression showed medium-to-large links, while reappraisal and acceptance showed smaller (small-to-medium)…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Mental Health Research Topics

The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review of Meta-analyses

Stefan G. Hofmann, Anu Asnaani, Imke J. J. Vonk, Alice T. Sawyer, Angela Fang
Cognitive Therapy and Research Summary & key facts 2012 3,230 citations

This 2012 paper reviewed meta-analyses on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The authors found 269 meta-analytic studies and examined a representative sample of 106 reviews across many problems. They reported the strongest support for CBT for anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, bulimia, anger control problems, and general stress. The paper concluded the…

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

A meta-analysis of the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in incarcerated populations

Susan Young, Donald Moss, Ottilie Sedgwick, Moshe Fridman, P. Hodgkins
Psychological Medicine Summary & key facts 2014 277 citations

The authors combined results from 42 studies of people in prison to estimate how common ADHD is in those groups. Using formal diagnostic interviews, the overall ADHD rate was about 25.5%. Reported rates were higher when studies used screening tools or when adults recalled childhood ADHD. The review found much…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Psychotherapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

Davide Papola, Clara Miguel, Mariacristina Mazzaglia, Pamela Franco, Federico Tedeschi, Sara A Romero, et al.
PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2023 63 citations

This review combined 65 randomized trials with 5,048 adults who had generalized anxiety disorder. The authors found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was linked with better short-term and long-term outcomes than treatment as usual. Third‑wave CBTs and relaxation therapy were linked with short-term benefits, but after removing studies judged to…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Mental Health Research Topics

The efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder beyond core symptoms: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.

Francesco Oliva, Francesca Malandrone, Giulia di Girolamo, Santina Mirabella, Nicoletta Colombi, Sara Carletto, et al.
Journal of Affective Disorders Summary & key facts 2021 60 citations
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Associations between perfectionism and symptoms of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression in young people: a meta-analysis

Jessica Lunn, Danyelle Greene, Thomas Callaghan, Sarah J. Egan
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Summary & key facts 2023 49 citations

This meta-analysis combined 121 studies (from 4,927 articles found) about young people aged 6–24 (pooled mean age ≈ 17.7 years). It found that perfectionistic concerns (worry about making mistakes, fear of negative evaluation) were moderately linked to more symptoms of anxiety (r = .37–.41), OCD (r = .42), and depression…

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

The correlation between resilience and mental health of adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Luo, Shulai, Hu, Jiangtao, Zhang, Junshuai, et al.
www.frontiersin.org Summary & key facts 2025 9 citations

This study pooled data from 19 observational studies with 17,746 adolescents and young adults (ages 10–25) to measure how resilience and mental health are related. The authors found that higher resilience was linked to fewer negative mental-health signs (correlation r = -0.391) and to stronger positive mental-health outcomes (r =…

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Resilience and Mental Health Traumatic Brain Injury Research
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