ABSTRACT

FRIENDS for Life is an anxiety prevention programme that integrates cognitive behavioural approach with social and emotional learning. The current study examines the effects of the FRIENDS for Life programme in a school environment, with outcomes focusing on anxiety and aggression. The theoretical basis for the joint prevention and intervention of anxiety and aggression is based on their frequent simultaneous occurrence. Four classes of 4th-grade students (N = 85) were randomly assigned two to intervention and two to a no-treatment control group in a randomized control study. We measured the total anxiety and components of anxiety and the total of aggression and components of aggression with AN – UD and AG-UD aggression scale at pre-, post-, half-year, one-year and one-year-and a half follow-up. The results were inconclusive with regard to the effectiveness of the programme. However, there is some indication of possible effects on the reduction of anxiety and aggression in the boys’ sub-sample. This was also the sub-sample that showed higher levels of anxiety and aggression at baseline, suggesting possible difference in the effectiveness of the programme. Proposals are made to replicate the study in a larger format.

摘要

终身朋友计划是一项焦虑预防计划，将认知行为方法与社交和情感学习相结合。当前的研究在学校环境中考察了“终身朋友计划”的效果，其结果集中在焦虑和攻击性上。联合预防和干预焦虑和攻击的理论基础是基于它们经常同时发生。四班四年级学生（N = 85）在一项随机对照研究中，随机分配了两个干预组和两个未治疗对照组。我们用前-后，后，半年，一年和一年半的时间，用AN-UD和AG-UD攻击量表测量了总焦虑和焦虑成分以及总的攻击和成分。跟进。关于该方案的有效性，结果尚无定论。但是，在男孩子样本中，有迹象表明可能对减少焦虑和攻击有可能产生影响。这也是在基线时表现出更高水平的焦虑和攻击性的子样本，表明该计划的有效性可能存在差异。提出了以更大格式复制研究的建议。