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Item Intervención preventiva de salud mental escolar en adolescentes: desafíos para un programa público en comunidades educativas(2015) Leiva, Loreto; George, Myriam; Squicciarini, Ana María; Simonsohn, Ariela; Guzmán Piña, JavierThis paper shows the contribution of "Skills for Life Program" to prevention practices adolescent mental health in schools in Chile. Study included a sample of adolescents (N = 212) who participated in the preventive intervention of the program. The goal was to examine changes in variables of school maladjustment (SM) and psychosocial dysfunction (PD) based on their attendance and their parents to the preventive intervention. Design was ex-post-facto, longitudinal prospective, pre and post measurements. Analysis considered repeated measures ANOVA and t tests for related samples. Results indicate a decrease in risk factors associated with SM and PD stability of adolescents. Study implications will be discussed for preventive science and public policy.Item Mental Health Predicts Better Academic Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study of Elementary School Students in Chile(2015) Murphy, J. Michael; Guzmán Piña, Javier; McCarthy, Alyssa E.; Squicciarini, Ana María; George, Myriam; Canenguez, Katia M.; Dunn, Erin C.; Baer, Lee; Simonsohn, ArielaThe world’s largest school-based mental health program, Habilidades para la Vida [Skills for Life (SFL)], has been operating on a national scale in Chile for 15 years. SFL’s activities include using standardized measures to screen elementary school students and providing preventive workshops to students at risk for mental health problems. This paper used SFL’s data on 37,397 students who were in first grade in 2009 and third grade in 2011 to ascertain whether first grade mental health predicted subsequent academic achievement and whether remission of mental health problems predicted improved academic outcomes. Results showed that mental health was a significant predictor of future academic performance and that, overall, students whose mental health improved between first and third grade made better academic progress than students whose mental health did not improve or worsened. Our findings suggest that school-based mental health programs like SFL may help improve students’ academic outcomes.Item Salud mental escolar: Logros de una intervención preventiva en salud mental en niños y niñas del primer ciclo de enseñanza básica(2015) Leiva, Loreto; George, Myriam; Antivilo, Andrés; Squicciarini, Ana María; Simonsohn, Ariela; Vargas, Belén; Guzmán, JavierEn el marco del programa Habilidades para la Vida se identificaron y evaluaron a aquellos niños y niñas pesquisados en riesgo y que participaron en las actividades preventivas del Programa. Se evaluó si presentaban una diferencia pre-post intervención en las variables atención concentración, logros cognitivos, aceptación de la autoridad, nivel de actividad, contacto social, madurez emocional y disfunción psicosocial; esto según intensidad de asistencia a la intervención de niños y niñas, de los padres y de los profesores. En una muestra de 1.336 escolares de educación básica pertenecientes a sectores de bajos ingresos, se aplicó un diseño ex-post-facto longitudinal prospectivo, con mediciones antes y después. Se realizaron ANOVA de medidas repetidas, Chi cuadrado y regresión lineal múltiple. Los resultados mostraron cambios favorables en todas las variables evaluadas post-intervención y en aquel grupo cuyo profesor asistió al menos a una sesión del taller. Igualmente, una mayor asistencia de los estudiantes al programa se asoció a mayor asistencia de los padres y profesores. Se discute y concluye acerca de los alcances de la intervención y las implicancias futuras investigaciones.