Effects of the Youth Empowerment Seminar on Impulsive Behavior in Adolescents

被引：32

作者：

Ghahremani, Dara G. ^{[1
]}

Oh, Eugene Y. ^{[1
]}

Dean, Andrew C. ^{[1
]}

Mouzakis, Kristina ^{[1
]}

Wilson, Kristen D. ^{[1
]}

London, Edythe D. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychiat & Biobehav Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Mol & Med Pharmacol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH | 2013年 / 53卷 / 01期

关键词：

Adolescents; Impulsivity; Risk taking; Yoga; Sudarshan Kriya; Meditation; School health programs; Prevention programs; Emotion regulation; Breathing; SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; RISK; CHILDHOOD;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.02.010

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Purpose: Because impulsivity during adolescence predicts health-risk behaviors and associated harm, interventions that attenuate impulsivity may offer protection. We evaluated effects of the Youth Empowerment Seminar (YES!), a biopsychosocial workshop for adolescents that teaches skills of stress management, emotion regulation, conflict resolution, and attentional focus, on impulsive behavior. Methods: High school students (14-18 years of age) in the United States participated in YES! during their physical education classes. Students in a control group attended their usual curriculum and were tested in parallel. We used items from the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (framed to reflect recent behavior) to assess students' behavior before and after they underwent the program. Results: Compared with the control group, YES! participants reported less impulsive behavior after the program. Conclusions: The results suggest that YES! can promote mental health in adolescents, potentially protecting them from harmful coping behaviors. (C) 2013 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：139 / 141

页数：3

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