Mahnoush Etminan Malek, Susanne Andermo, Gisela Nyberg, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Emma Patterson, Åsa Norman
Parents' experiences of participating in the Healthy School Start Plus programme - a qualitative study
BMC public health
purposes current study twofold study 1 aimed examine psychometric properties spence childrens anxiety scale scas taiwanese sample study 2 aimed explore immediate followup effects journey brave counseling program jbcp childrens anxiety wellbeing life adjustment review suggestions provided future research practitioners educational counseling fields reference study 1 pilot study included 150 200 children ages 11 12 taoyuan city study 2 conducted pretestposttest nonequivalent groups quasiexperimental design participants stage 16 children elementary school taoyuan city ages 11 12 obtaining consent forms participants guardians randomly assigned participants experimental group n 8 control group n 8 experimental group received 40minute jbcp session weekly ten weeks control group received 40minute career exploration small group counseling weekly ten weeks administered scas psychological wellbeing scale school life adjustment scale pretest posttest followup test measure change anxiety wellbeing life adjustment participants addition current study implemented qualitative data group progress notes group member feedback questionnaires semistructured interviews participants homeroom teachers supplementary data clarify effects jbcp study 1 found scas good validity reliability taiwanese children results study 2 indicated jbcp immediate followup effects separation anxiety experimental group pretest impact eliminated immediate followup effects overall anxiety experimental group better control group however even though immediate followup effects jbcp experimental group better control group significant besides group member feedback questionnaires participants homeroom teachers indicated experimental group participants positive attitude toward jbcp also positively improved emotions interpersonal relationships others