Uitkomsten van een gerandomiseerde gecontroleerde trial naar de effectiviteit van depressie- en angstpreventie voor adolescenten met een verhoogd familiair risico

A randomized controlled trail was conducted to examine the effectiveness of a depression and anxiety prevention program ‘Een Sprong Vooruit’ (A Leap Forward) among adolescent girls (N = 142) with a high familial risk. The results showed neither effects of the prevention program directly after the intervention, nor at 6 or 12 months follow-up on depression and anxiety symptoms. Further, latent growth curve modeling (LGCM) was used to examine whether the growth functions for the intervention and the control condition were different. The slope representing the change in depression symptoms was not significantly different between the intervention and the control condition. For anxiety symptoms, the difference between slopes was also not significant. Based on findings, we suggested that these high-risk adolescent girls might benefit more from a more intensive prevention program.