title: School intervention for promoting psychological well-being in adolescence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to test the efficacy of a new school program for the promotion of psychological well-being. In this study a school program for promoting psychological well-being has been compared to an attention-placebo intervention in a high school setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine classes (227 students) were randomly assigned to: a) Well-Being intervention (5 classes); b)attention-placebo (4 classes). Assessment was performed at pre and post-intervention, and after six months using: 1) Symptom Questionnaire (SQ); 2) Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWB); 3) Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant effect of WB school intervention in improving Personal Growth (PWB), and in decreasing distress (Somatization (SQ), Physical Well-being (SQ), Anxiety (SQ), and RCMAS Physiological Anxiety) emerged.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A school intervention based on promoting positive emotions and well-being was effective not only in increasing psychological well-being among adolescents, but also in decreasing distress, in particular anxiety and somatization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy. chiara.ruini@unibo.it
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruini
authors.forename: Fedra
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ottolini
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomba
authors.forename: Carlotta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belaise
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albieri
authors.forename: Dalila
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Visani
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Offidani
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caffo
authors.forename: Giovanni A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Fava
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012572:School Health Services; D012574:Schools; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires