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Coping with distress and self harm : the impact of a primary prevention program among adolescents . The effectiveness of a school-based primary prevention psychological program is assessed in the present study . The program was designed to ( a ) improve students ' distress-coping , ( b ) prepare them as " gatekeepers " with regard to self-destructive behavior of peers and ( c ) assess the program 's face validity and social validity . The program was primarily based on cognitive-behavioral modification principles , procedures and techniques . Two hundred and thirty-seven students , drawn from six homeroom grade eight classes were randomly assigned to experimental and control ( no intervention ) conditions . The program consisted of seven units passed during twelve weekly one-hour sessions . Overall , the program had a positive effect on attitudes , emotions , knowledge and awareness of distress coping skills . In addition , it had some degree of face validity and social validity from the students ' vantage point . These results lend support to the feasibility of a cognitive-behavioral , school-based prevention program for students ' distress-coping enhancement .
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Intervention_Educational
primary prevention program
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Intervention_Educational
school-based primary prevention psychological program
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Intervention_Educational
cognitive-behavioral , school-based prevention program
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Outcome_Mental
distress-coping
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Outcome_Mental
" gatekeepers " with regard to self-destructive behavior of peers
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Outcome_Mental
face validity
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Outcome_Mental
social validity
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Outcome_Mental
attitudes , emotions , knowledge and awareness of distress coping skills
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Outcome_Mental
face validity and social validity
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Outcome_Mental
cognitive-behavioral , school-based prevention program
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Participant_Age
adolescents
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Participant_Sample-size
Two hundred and thirty-seven