A randomized efficacy trial of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention to prevent Internet Use Disorder onset in adolescents: The PROTECT study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The reduction of prevalence rates of Internet Use Disorder (IUD) and its effective treatment are at high priority in both public health and educational policies. School-based preventive interventions facilitate a low-threshold approach for individuals with IUD, who are typically characterized by high therapy avoidance. Moreover, indicated approaches which target adolescents at high-risk show larger effects than universal prevention programs. Simultaneously, they reduce unnecessary burden for the majority of high-school students that is not at-risk. The PROTECT group intervention for indicated prevention of IUD in school settings was developed based on these preventive strategies.

Methods

Three-hundred and forty adolescents, aged 12-18 years, from 40 secondary scho

SUBMITTER: Lindenberg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5936841 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature