School-Based Intervention for Stress in Children and Adolescents
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Educational Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 1268
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Children and adolescents frequently experience elevated stress, contributing to their vulnerability of experiencing mental health problems. Stress is the condition or feeling that results when the demands of a situation exceed the personal, psychological or social resources of an individual. In the last two decades, there have been increases in school stress and pressure, highlighting the need for supporting youth with heightened stress levels.
In an effort to reach youth who could benefit from programs reducing stress, school-based intervention programs have been developed, for example, programs targeting stress management, mindfulness, meditation, social-emotional skills, or test anxiety. Recent reviews and meta-analyses demonstrated moderate effectiveness of such school-based programs overall; however, there are inconsistent effects across individual studies. Various factors might contribute to this heterogeneity, such as target group or type of stress. It is therefore also important to investigate who would be most likely or unlikely to benefit from a program, or which circumstances affect program effectiveness.
This Special Issue calls for papers from scholars that examine the effectiveness of school-based intervention programs for stress from early childhood to emerging adulthood, including investigating specific intervention components that are most effective or which subgroups benefit the most. We encourage a wide range of submissions, including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and empirical studies involving implementation, evaluation or effectiveness research. We hope this Special Issue can provide helpful information for both researchers and practitioners.
Abstract Deadline: 6 January 2025
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 20 January 2025
Dr. Amanda W. G. Van Loon
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- school-based interventions
- children
- adolescents
- stress
- mental health
- prevention
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