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Evaluation of a preventive intervention for child anxiety in two randomized attention-control school trials . The present research examined the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral therapy ( CBT ) based intervention program , FRIENDS , for children from grades 4 to 6 , using random assignment at the school-level and an attention-control design in two longitudinal studies . The first study targeted children with anxiety symptoms ( N=191 , mean age=10.1 ) as screened with self , parent , and teacher-reports ; the second study took a universal approach with full classrooms of children participating ( N=253 , mean age=9.8 ) . The results showed no intervention effect in both studies , with children 's anxiety symptoms decreasing over time regardless of whether they were in the story-reading ( attention control ) or FRIENDS condition . The findings also indicated that girls reported a higher level of anxiety than boys and children in higher grades reported lower anxiety relative to younger children in both studies . In addition , similar patterns were found using a subgroup of children with high-anxiety symptoms from both studies .
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Intervention_Other
preventive intervention
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Intervention_Psychological
cognitive-behavioral therapy ( CBT ) based intervention program , FRIENDS
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Outcome_Mental
cognitive-behavioral therapy
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Outcome_Mental
anxiety symptoms
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Outcome_Mental
children 's anxiety symptoms
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Participant_Age
child
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Participant_Condition
anxiety
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
anxiety
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Participant_Sample-size
N=191
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Participant_Age
age=10.1
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Participant_Sample-size
N=253
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Participant_Age
age=9.8