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426 – Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Treating Psychological Disturbances in Adolescents Who Experienced Bullied Experiences: Randomized Case Control Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

T.-C. Tang
Affiliation:
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
S.-Y. Huang
Affiliation:
Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan R.O.C

Abstract

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Background:

This case-control study aimed to assess the intervention effects of six-session interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-A) on reducing the severity of anxiety and depression in adolescent victims.

Methods:

A total of 30 adolescents who had clinical significant level after experiencing bullied experiences were allocated to a six-session course of IPT-A (N = 15) or to treatment as usual (TAU) (N = 15). T test was performed to examine the effect of IPT-A on reducing the severity of anxiety and depression related to the bullied events.

Results:

Pre-intervention age, sex, anxiety and depression showed no significant difference between two groups. As the preintervention severity of two groups were no significant different, results showed the IPT-A group to have significantly lower post-intervention severity levels of anxiety and depression (p< .05) than the TAU group. Effective size showed moderate to high level between IPT-A and TAU.

Conclusions:

The results of this study support the effectiveness of the IPT-A in improving anxiety symptoms and depression in adolescents experiencing traumatic bullied experiences.

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