dc.contributor.advisor | Ilardi, Stephen S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Young, Chantal Diana | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-18T03:51:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-03-18T03:51:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-08-09 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10545 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5946 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to test the efficacy of a brief intervention for the prevention of depression among at-risk college students. Treatment group participants attended a one-hour psychoeducational session based on an acute group-based intervention for depression, Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC; Ilardi et al., 2009). Participants were informed of a set of six modifiable lifestyle factors (omega-3 supplementation, social support, physical exercise, sunlight exposure, healthy sleep, and anti-rumination strategies) which have shown promise in the treatment and prevention of depression (Karwoski, 2006). Treatment group participants evidenced a significant increase in adherence to three of the six targeted TLC elements: supplementing with fish oil, obtaining adequate sleep, and utilizing social support. However, there were no observed between-group differences in self-reported depression symptoms, as reflected in the BDI-II, at either follow-up assessment. Nevertheless, as hypothesized, study participants who received the TLC-based intervention were significantly less likely than were control participants to report the experience of a depressive episode at two- and six-month follow-ups. The intervention appears, therefore, to have reduced the risk of depression onset in a high-risk population, although some interpretational caution is warranted in light of the study's methodological limitations. | |
dc.format.extent | 185 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Clinical psychology | |
dc.subject | Health sciences | |
dc.subject | Mental health | |
dc.subject | Brief | |
dc.subject | Depression | |
dc.subject | Educational | |
dc.subject | Evolution | |
dc.subject | Prevention | |
dc.subject | Therapeutic lifestyle change | |
dc.title | Therapeutic Lifestyle Change: A brief psychoeducational intervention for the prevention of depression. | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Gillath, Omri | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Heilke, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Preacher, Kristopher J. | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Ingram, Rick | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Psychology | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | Ph.D. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 7078695 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |