2020-11-25

恭喜李孟蓉助理教授等7位老師使用中心生活技能訓練(Life Skills Training, LST)介入研究，成果刊登於Children and Youth Services Review期刊!

作者:李孟蓉、吳文琪、張弘潔、陳杏容、林彣珊、馮燕、李思賢

研究主題:學校取向的生活技能訓練方案對國小生情緒調節與憂鬱情緒成效之隨機分派研究

Abstract

The first peak of emotional distress is during teenage, when children have limited abilities to address challenges following major biopsychosocial changes. In this study, we examined the preliminary effectiveness of a life skills training (LST) program modified on the basis of Taiwan school characteristics and children’s life experiences compared to lectures oriented curriculum. We used the posttest-only control group design with 39 elementary schools, 21 randomly assigned to the experimental group, which received LST, and 18 to the control group, which received education as usual (EAU). There were 8 units in the LST, which consisted of 27 sessions. Demographics, depression, and emotional regulation were measured. Results show that students in the LST group reported significantly higher scores on cognitive reappraisals than those in the EAU group. Furthermore, LST was associated with reduction of depressive symptoms among males but not females. LST and its implications in the East Asian socio-cultural context, development of gender-responsive preventive programs, and the validity of the LST for helping children, are discussed.

Keywords: ChildrenDepression,Emotional regulation, Life skills, Prevention, Post-test control group, Randomization study