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  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Education

Background:

  • Young people face increasing rates of anxiety and depression.
  • Mindfulness-based interventions offer emotion regulation strategies.
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness-based approach with potential for prevention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an ACT-based prevention program.
  • To assess the program's potential for universal prevention of anxiety and depression in adolescents.
  • To examine the impact of an ACT intervention on emotion regulation in high school students.

Main Methods:

  • A sample of Year 10 students (aged 14-16) in Sydney, Australia, participated.
  • Participants were randomized to either usual classes or the ACT intervention.
  • Data were collected over 5 months using validated scales and a program evaluation questionnaire.

Main Results:

  • The ACT-based intervention was found to be acceptable to students and feasible for school implementation.
  • No statistically significant group differences were observed, likely due to a small sample size (N=48).
  • Effect sizes indicated small to large improvements favoring the ACT group from baseline to post-intervention and follow-up.

Conclusions:

  • An ACT-based school program demonstrates potential as a universal prevention strategy for youth mental health.
  • Further investigation in a larger, adequately powered trial is warranted.
  • The findings support the continued development and evaluation of ACT for adolescent anxiety and depression prevention.