Research Papers
Stice, Burton, Bearman, & Rohde, 2007
This study compared the CB group to a waitlist control and 4 alternative interventions (supportive-expressive group; bibliotherapy, expressive writing, and journaling). All five active interventions showed greater reductions in depressive symptoms at post compared to waitlist controls, and the effects for CB group and bibliotherapy persisted to 6-month follow-up. |
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Stice, Rohde, Seeley, & Gau, 2008
This is the primary efficacy trial, in which 341 high-risk adolescents were randomized to CB group, supportive-expressive group, bibliotherapy, or assessment control. CB participants showed greater reductions in depressive symptoms than the other conditions at post-intervention, though only the difference relative to assessment controls was significant at 6-month follow-up. All three active interventions showed a significantly lower risk for major depression onset over the 6-month follow-up than did assessment-only controls. |
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Stice, Shaw, Bohon, Marti, & Rohde, 2009
This meta-analysis summarized the effects of adolescent depression prevention programs evaluated in 47 trials. Overall small effects were detected for depressive symptom reductions but 4 trials (13%) did reduce future onset of depressive disorders. Many factors predicted larger prevention effects (e.g., targeting high-risk individuals, samples with more females, samples with older adolescents). |
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Stice, Rohde, Gau, & Wade, 2010
This study provides long-term outcomes for the efficacy trial, evaluating effects at 1- and 2-year follow-up. CB group participants had greater reductions in depressive symptoms compared to assessment controls by 1-year follow-up and lower depressive symptoms compared bibliotherapy participants at both 1- and 2-year follow-ups. Risk for major or minor depression onset over 2-year follow-up was significantly lower for both CB group and bibliotherapy compared to assessment control. |
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Stice, Rohde, Seeley, & Gau, 2010
This paper examined a novel 5-step method for testing mediation in the efficacy trial with the goal of understanding how changes in CB factors (cognitions, activity level) and nonspecific factors (emotional expression, loneliness) accounted for change in CB group, supportive-expressive group, bibliotherapy, and controls. |
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Stice, Rohde, Gau, & Ochner, 2011
This paper used data from the efficacy trial to examine the hypothesis that certain behaviors exhibited by depressed individuals reduce social support. The study provided experimental support for the theory that depressive symptoms are inversely related to perceived social support, but suggested that this effect was specific to support from friends but not parents. |
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Rohde, Stice, & Gau, 2012
This study aimed to identify subgroups of adolescents from the efficacy trial who had the highest likelihood of developing future depressive disorder. Results implicated two key pathways to depression involving negative attributional style and elevated depressive symptoms in this population, and suggest that bibliotherapy may offset the risk conveyed by the most important depression risk factor. |
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Rohde, Stice, Gau, & Seeley, 2012
This paper studied the longterm prevention effect of CB group on escalations in substance use in the efficacy trial. The results suggest that a valuable secondary benefit of CB group adolescent depression prevention may be lower rates of future substance use. |
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Briere, Rohde, Shaw, & Stice, 2014
This paper examined moderators of CB group or bibliotherapy in the effectiveness trial. Only one of eight variables moderated the effects of a prevention intervention: bibliotherapy appeared effective only in participants who have elevated depressive symptoms at baseline. |
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Gau, Stice, Rohde, & Seeley, 2014
This study examined 5 potential moderators in the efficacy trial, finding that effects for CB group did not differ from controls when adolescents had high levels or substance use or negative life events. |
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Rohde, Stice, Shaw, & Briere, 2014
This paper reports the acute effects of our effectiveness trial evaluating CB group prevention compared to bibliotherapy and brochure control when school staff recruited participants and delivered the intervention. Adolescents receiving CB group had significantly lower rates of future major depression compared to both bibliotherapy and controls but differences on the continuous measures were small or nonsignificant. |
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Rohde, Stice, Shaw, & Gau, 2014
This study attempted to replicate effects for the CB group in college students with elevated depressive symptoms but planned contrasts found no significant effects for CB group compared to either bibliotherapy or brochure controls, which suggested that alternative screening or interventions are needed for this age group. |
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