Empirical Evaluations of PRP

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Brunwasser, S.M., Gillham, J.E. & Kim, E.S., (2009). A Meta-Analytic Review of the Penn Resiliency Program's Effect on Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(6), 1042-1054.

Cardemil, E.V., Reivich, K.J., Beevers, C.G., Seligman, M.E.P., & James, J. (2007). The prevention of depressive symptoms in low-income, minority children: Two-year follow-up. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 313-327.

Cardemil, E.V., Reivich, K.J., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). The prevention of depressive symptoms in low-income minority middle school students. Prevention & Treatment, 5, np.

Chaplin, T.M., Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K., Elkon, A.G.L., Samuels, B., Freres, D.R., Winder, B., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2006). Depression prevention for early adolescent girls: A pilot study of all-girls verses co-ed groups. Journal of Early Adolescence, 26, 110-126.

Cutuli, J.J. (2004). Preventing externalizing symptoms and related features in adolescents. Unpublished thesis. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Cutuli, J.J., Chaplin, T.M., Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K.J., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2006). Preventing co-occurring depression symptoms in adolescents with conduct problems: The Penn Resiliency Program. New York Academy of Sciences, 1094, 282-286.
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Gillham, J.E. (1994). Preventing depressive symptoms in school children. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Gillham, J.E., Hamilton, J., Freres, D.R., Patton, K., & Gallop, R. (2006). Preventing depression among early adolescents in the primary care setting: A randomized controlled study of the Penn Resiliency Program. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 203-219.

Gillham, J.E., & Reivich, K.J. (1999). Prevention of depressive symptoms in school children: A research update. Psychological Science, 10, 461-462.
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Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K.J., Freres, D.R., Chaplin, T.M., Shatté, A.J., Samuels, B., Elkon, A.G.L., Litzinger, S., Lascher, M., Gallop, R., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2007). School-based prevention of depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled study of the effectiveness and specificity of the Penn Resiliency Program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 9-19.
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Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K.J., Freres, D.R., Lascher, M., Litzinger, S., Shatté, A., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2006). School-based prevention of depression and anxiety symptoms in early adolescence: A pilot of a parent intervention component. School Psychology Quarterly, 21, 323-348.
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Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K.J., Jaycox, L.H., & Seligman, M.E.P. (1995). Prevention of depressive symptoms in schoolchildren: Two-year follow-up. Psychological Science, 6, 343-351.
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Jaycox, L.H., Reivich, K.J., Gillham, J., & Seligman, M.E.P. (1994). Prevention of depressive symptoms in school children. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 32, 801-816.

Miller, J.B. (1999). The effect of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention on depressive symptoms in an incarcerated adolescent delinquent population (juvenile delinquents). Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology, Berkeley.

Moothart, M.M. (1999). A theory driven, multiple-case study program evaluation of a school-based depression prevention program. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Pattison, C., & Lynd-Stevenson, R.M. (2001). The prevention of depressive symptoms in children: The immediate and long-term outcomes of a school based program. Behaviour Change, 18, 92-102.

Quayle, D., Dziurawiec, S., Roberts, C., Kane, R., & Ebsworthy, G. (2001). The effect of an optimism and lifeskills program on depressive symptoms in preadolescence. Behaviour Change, 18, 194-203.

Reivich, K.J. (1996). The prevention of depressive symptoms in adolescents. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Roberts, C., Kane, R., Bishop, B., Matthews, H. & Thompson, H. (2004). The prevention of depressive symptoms in rural children: A follow-up study. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 6, 4-16.
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Roberts, C., Kane, R., Thomson, H., Bishop, B., & Hart, B. (2003). The prevention of depressive symptoms in rural school children: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 622-628.
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Shatté, A.J. (1997). Prevention of depressive symptoms in adolescents: Issues of dissemination and mechanisms of change. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Smith, C.A. (1998). The effects of a cognitive-behavioral prevention program on social skills and interpersonal guilt: A study of delinquent adolescents. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology, Berkeley. Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology, Berkeley.

Tellier, J.E. (1998). Anger and depression among incarcerated juvenile delinquents: A pilot intervention. Unpublished doctoral dissertation.

Yu, D.L., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Preventing depressive symptoms in Chinese children. Prevention & Treatment, 5, np.

Zubernis, L.S., Cassidy, K.W., Gillham, J.E., Reivich, K.J., & Jaycox, L.H. (1999). Prevention of depressive symptoms in preadolescent children of divorce. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 30, 11-36.
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