Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol

Introduction Approximately 75% of mental disorders emerge before the age of 25 years but less than half receive appropriate treatment. Little is known about the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic change of adolescents in psychotherapy. The ‘European Network of Individualised Psychotherapy Treatme...

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Main Authors: Patricia Moreno-Peral, Marija Raleva, Sonia Conejo Cerón, Svenja Taubner, Andrea Saliba, Erkki Heinonen, Sonja Protić, Jana Volkert, Asta Adler, Rasa Barkauskiene, Dina Di Giacomo, Yianna Ioannou, Jose M Mestre, Filipa Mucha Vieira, Catarina Pinheiro Mota, Margarida Isabel Rangel Santos Henriques, Jan Ivar Røssberg, Stefanie J. Schmidt, Tjaša Stepišnik Perdih, Randi Ulberg, Célia M D Sales
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author Patricia Moreno-Peral
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Sonia Conejo Cerón
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Andrea Saliba
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Yianna Ioannou
Jose M Mestre
Filipa Mucha Vieira
Catarina Pinheiro Mota
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Jan Ivar Røssberg
Stefanie J. Schmidt
Tjaša Stepišnik Perdih
Randi Ulberg
Célia M D Sales
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description Introduction Approximately 75% of mental disorders emerge before the age of 25 years but less than half receive appropriate treatment. Little is known about the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic change of adolescents in psychotherapy. The ‘European Network of Individualised Psychotherapy Treatment of Young People with Mental Disorders’, funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, will conduct the first systematic review to summarise the existing knowledge on mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy for adolescents.Method A systematic review will be conducted, conforming to the reporting guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement recommendations. Electronic databases (PubMed and PsycINFO) have been systematically searched on 23 February 2020, for prospective, longitudinal and case-control designs which examine mediators of change. Participants will be adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age who suffer from a mental disorder or psychological difficulties and receive an intervention that aims at preventing, ameliorating and/or treating psychological problems.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this systematic review as no primary data will be collected. The results will be published in a peer-reviewed journals and at conference presentations and will be shared with stakeholder groups. The whole data set will be offered to other research groups following recommendations of the open science initiative. Databases with the systematic search will be made openly available following open science initiatives.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020177535.
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spelling doaj-art-e7a2df9f66d74c0ba7df225f7f9cf72b2024-11-17T17:50:11ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-03-0111310.1136/bmjopen-2020-042411Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocolPatricia Moreno-Peral0Marija Raleva1Sonia Conejo Cerón2Svenja Taubner3Andrea Saliba4Erkki Heinonen5Sonja Protić6Jana Volkert7Asta Adler8Rasa Barkauskiene9Dina Di Giacomo10Yianna Ioannou11Jose M Mestre12Filipa Mucha Vieira13Catarina Pinheiro Mota14Margarida Isabel Rangel Santos Henriques15Jan Ivar Røssberg16Stefanie J. Schmidt17Tjaša Stepišnik Perdih18Randi Ulberg19Célia M D Sales20Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Network (redIAPP), Malaga, SpainInstitute for Marriage, Family and Systemic Practice—ALTERNATIVA, Skopje, North MacedoniaPrevention and Health Promotion Research Network (redIAPP), ISCIII, Málaga, Spain1 Institute for Psychosocial Prevention, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GermanyMental Health Services Malta, University of Malta, Msida, MaltaDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayInstitute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, Serbia3 Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyInstitute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaInstitute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Life, Health and Enviromental Sciences, University of LAquila, LAquila, ItalyDepartment of Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, CyprusDepartment of Psychology, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, SpainFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences at University of Porto (FPCEUP), Center for Psychology at University of Porto (CPUP), University of Porto, Porto, PortugalFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences at University of Porto (FPCEUP), Center for Psychology at University of Porto (CPUP), University of Porto, Porto, PortugalDepartment of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalUniversity of Oslo Faculty of Medicine, Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandSchool of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica, SloveniaInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences at University of Porto (FPCEUP), Center for Psychology at University of Porto (CPUP), University of Porto, Porto, PortugalIntroduction Approximately 75% of mental disorders emerge before the age of 25 years but less than half receive appropriate treatment. Little is known about the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic change of adolescents in psychotherapy. The ‘European Network of Individualised Psychotherapy Treatment of Young People with Mental Disorders’, funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, will conduct the first systematic review to summarise the existing knowledge on mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy for adolescents.Method A systematic review will be conducted, conforming to the reporting guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement recommendations. Electronic databases (PubMed and PsycINFO) have been systematically searched on 23 February 2020, for prospective, longitudinal and case-control designs which examine mediators of change. Participants will be adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age who suffer from a mental disorder or psychological difficulties and receive an intervention that aims at preventing, ameliorating and/or treating psychological problems.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this systematic review as no primary data will be collected. The results will be published in a peer-reviewed journals and at conference presentations and will be shared with stakeholder groups. The whole data set will be offered to other research groups following recommendations of the open science initiative. Databases with the systematic search will be made openly available following open science initiatives.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020177535.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/3/e042411.full
spellingShingle Patricia Moreno-Peral
Marija Raleva
Sonia Conejo Cerón
Svenja Taubner
Andrea Saliba
Erkki Heinonen
Sonja Protić
Jana Volkert
Asta Adler
Rasa Barkauskiene
Dina Di Giacomo
Yianna Ioannou
Jose M Mestre
Filipa Mucha Vieira
Catarina Pinheiro Mota
Margarida Isabel Rangel Santos Henriques
Jan Ivar Røssberg
Stefanie J. Schmidt
Tjaša Stepišnik Perdih
Randi Ulberg
Célia M D Sales
Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol
BMJ Open
title Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol
title_full Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol
title_fullStr Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol
title_full_unstemmed Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol
title_short Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol
title_sort mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents a systematic review protocol
url https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/3/e042411.full
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