Group Psychoeducation for Anxiety Symptoms in Youth: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation of randomized controlled trials of psychoeducational group interventions targeting anxiety symptoms in youths. We systematically searched for articles and located twelve studies that collectively included 1132 subjec...

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Publicado en:	Journal for Specialists in Group Work Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 22 - 43
Autores principales:	Baourda, Vasiliki C., Brouzos, Andreas, Mavridis, Dimitris, Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P., Vatkali, Effrosyni, Boumpouli, Christina
Formato:	meta analysis research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar 2022
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Sumario:	This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation of randomized controlled trials of psychoeducational group interventions targeting anxiety symptoms in youths. We systematically searched for articles and located twelve studies that collectively included 1132 subjects. Analyses showed an overall effect of −0.47 (95% CI −0.75 to −0.19) on the Standardized Mean Difference (SMD) scale, suggesting that psychoeducation effectively reduces anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents. However, the I2 index was 86.4% revealing the presence of substantial heterogeneity. These results suggest that psychoeducation may be a promising alternative for the prevention and/or treatment of anxiety disorders in youths.