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The Resourceful Adolescent Project: Building psychological resilience in adolescents and their parents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2019

Ian Shochet  and
Sue Osgarby
Ian Shochet*
Affiliation:
Griffith University
Sue Osgarby
Affiliation:
Griffith University
*
School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland 4111, Email: I.Shochet@mailbox.gu.edu.au
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Abstract

Increasing psychological resilience in young people can prevent the development of depression. The model of adolescent depression underlying the Resourceful Adolescent Project (RAP) suggests that adolescent depression and suicide result from a combination of some or all of three interrelating factors: (a) deficits in adolescent psychological wellbeing and coping resources; (b) escalating or chronic family conflict; and (c) depressive adolescent thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. Each element of this model suggests discrete aspects of the overall prevention and early Intervention strategy used in RAP. This overview of the activities of RAP outlines the need for the project, the benefits of early Intervention in preventing adolescent depression, and the empirical and theoretical bases of the programs used in the project. The programs for adolescents and for their parents, their efficacy, and future directions of RAP are also described.

Keywords

adolescencedepressionearly Interventionparent trainingprevention
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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , May 1999 , pp. 46 - 65
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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