Willingness and Action Measure for Adolescents: Psychometric validation in Spanish adolescents

Cobos-Sánchez, Lidia; Flujas-Contreras, Juan M.; Becerra, Inmaculada Gómez

doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2019.11.006

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“…Willingness and Action Measure for Children and Adolescents (WAM-C/A; [ 50 , 63 ]. The Spanish adaptation of Cobos-Sánchez et al [ 22 ] was used, which has good psychometric properties. It is a measure of psychological flexibility which assesses the willingness to accept and be in contact with emotions, thoughts, feelings or emotional experiences generating discomfort (acceptance subscale), as well as the tendency to act in the direction of important values and life goals (action subscale).…”

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confidence: 99%

Randomized controlled trial for selective preventive transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents at risk for emotional disorders

Vivas-Fernandez

García-López

Piqueras

et al. 2023

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Significant evidence does exist on the effectiveness of transdiagnostic interventions to improve emotional problems in clinical populations, and their application as universal and indicated prevention programs. However, no randomized controlled trials (RCT) studying selective transdiagnostic prevention intervention have been published. This is the first known RCT to evaluate the efficacy/effectiveness of an evidence-based selective prevention transdiagnostic program for emotional problems in adolescents. The impact of three different interventions was evaluated: (1) PROCARE (Preventive transdiagnostic intervention for Adolescents at Risk for Emotional disorders), which is a group-based, abbreviated version of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Adolescents (UP-A), along with adding a booster session to reduce risk of onset of anxiety and depression, (2) PROCARE + , which includes the PROCARE protocol along with personalized add-on modules tailored to match adolescents’ risk factors, and (3) an active control condition (ACC) based on emotional psychoeducation. In total, 208 adolescents (48.5% girls) evidencing high risk and low protective factors were randomized and allocated to PROCARE, PROCARE + or ACC. Data from 153 adolescents who completed all assessments in the different phases of the study were analyzed. Self- and parent-reported measures were taken at baseline, as well as after the intervention, a 6 month follow-up was carried out, together with a 1 month follow-up after the booster session. Differences between conditions were significant on most of the outcome measures, with superior effect sizes for PROCARE + in the short and long term. Interventions were acceptable in terms of acceptability, with good satisfaction rates. Tailored targeted selective transdiagnostic interventions focused on mitigating risk factors and promoting protective factors in vulnerable adolescents are promising.

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confidence: 99%

Randomized controlled trial for selective preventive transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents at risk for emotional disorders

Vivas-Fernandez

García-López

Piqueras

et al. 2023

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…Proactive adaptation will be measured with a French adaptation of the Action subscale of the Willingness and Acceptance Measure for Children and Adolescents (WAM-C/a; [ 52 ]), and the short French version [ 64 ] of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (S-GSES; [ 18 ]). The WAM-C/a’s Action subscale comprises nine items and measures participants’ tendency to take actions in the direction of valued goals (e.g., ‘I do things that are important to me, no matter how I feel’; ‘I try to achieve my goals no matter what’).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Participants rate each item on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 ( Doesn’t suit me at all ) to 5 ( Fully suits me ), yielding an overall score ranging from 5 to 15, where a high score indicates a high level of self-efficacy. Both the original Spanish version of the WAM-C/a [ 52 ] and the French version of the S-GSES [ 64 ] have displayed satisfactory psychometric properties in adolescents.…”

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Effects of three prophylactic interventions on French middle-schoolers’ mental health: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Vaillant-Coindard,

Briet,

Lespiau

et al. 2024

BMC Psychol

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Adolescence is a strategic developmental stage in terms of preventing later difficulties and ensuring good mental health. Prophylactic interventions, which are conducted before the onset, prolongation, or worsening of difficulties, and aim to prevent or reduce symptoms or to promote wellbeing, therefore appear particularly appropriate for adolescents. However, existing prophylactic interventions conducted with adolescents have several weaknesses, including sparse theoretical frameworks, ambivalent evidence of their efficacy, and implementation and dissemination difficulties. In addition, no data are currently available on the effectiveness of such interventions in France. To fill this gap, a four-arm randomized controlled trial will be performed to assess the effectiveness of three prophylactic interventions targeting reactive, proactive and interpersonal adaptation in fourth-grade middle-school students, together with participants’ experience and perception of the interventions. Based on existing knowledge about adolescents, their learning mechanisms, and field constraints, these three interventions have been designed to promote their learning and receptiveness to interventions. Compared with baseline (i.e., before the intervention), we expect to observe a significant decrease in the level of distress (anxiety and depressive symptoms, functional impairment, and psychosocial difficulties) and a significant increase in the level of wellbeing after the intervention, across the three intervention groups, but not in the control group. In addition, we expect to observe post-intervention improvements in the processes targeted by the reactive adaptation intervention (operationalized as coping strategy use and flexibility), those targeted by the proactive adaptation intervention (operationalized as the tendency to engage in committed actions and general self-efficacy), and those targeted by the interpersonal adaptation intervention (operationalized as assertiveness in interactions), but only in the corresponding groups, with no change in any of these processes in the control group. The results of this research will not only enrich our knowledge of the processes involved in adolescents’ distress and wellbeing, but also provide clues as to the best targets for intervention. Moreover, the material for these interventions will be freely available in French on request to the corresponding author, providing access to innovative and fully assessed interventions aimed at promoting adolescents’ mental health in France.This clinical trial is currently being registered under no. 2023-A01973-42 on https://ansm.sante.fr/. This is the first version of the protocol.

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“…The Willingness and Action Measure [67,68] was used to assess acceptance and valuedoriented actions. The overall scale scores are between 5 and 70.…”

Section: Child Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting Intervention for Psychological Flexibility and Emotion Regulation: Clinical Protocol and an Evidence-Based Case Study

Flujas-Contreras

García‐Palacios

Gómez

2022

IJERPH

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Psychological flexibility has been found as a protective factor for several psychological problems, including the field of parenting. The present study aims to illustrate a clinical protocol, session by session, for the promotion of parental psychological flexibility and emotion regulation in a case study. The clinical protocol is based on third-wave behavior therapy in a brief intervention of four sessions. The intervention is presented in a clinical case of a mother with a child diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Both mother and child experienced problems with emotional regulation and psychological flexibility. The results show clinically significant improvements in psychological flexibility, emotional regulation, and stress parenting in the mother both after the intervention and at follow-up. In the child, emotional perspective-taking skills, acceptance, and valued actions improved. The case illustrates in detail the application of different strategies of acceptance, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and emotional defusion applicable to parenting. Clinical implications are discussed.

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Willingness and Action Measure for Adolescents: Psychometric validation in Spanish adolescents

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

Randomized controlled trial for selective preventive transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents at risk for emotional disorders

Randomized controlled trial for selective preventive transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents at risk for emotional disorders

Effects of three prophylactic interventions on French middle-schoolers’ mental health: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Parenting Intervention for Psychological Flexibility and Emotion Regulation: Clinical Protocol and an Evidence-Based Case Study

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