Examining reward-seeking negative self-beliefs and over-general autobiographical memory as mechanisms of change in classroom prevention programs for adolescent depression

摘要

BackgroundEffective methods to prevent adolescent depressive symptoms could reduce suffering and burden across the lifespan. However, psychological interventions delivered to adolescents show efficacy only in symptomatic or high-risk youth. Targeting causal risk factors and assessing mechanistic change can help devise efficacious universal or classroom based prevention programs.