J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2012 Sep;23(3):109-116.

Efficacy of the Mentalization Improvement Program for Adolescent (MIPAdo) for Enhancement of Mental Health in School Children

• Moon SJ
• Oh SY
• Lee WH
• Hong MH
• Min JW
• Kim BS
• Hwang JW
• Woo I
• Bahn GH

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
Understanding the emotions, thoughts, feelings and behaviors of others, as well as oneself, is part of the mentalizing function. We developed a new school-based community model for mental health, called the Mentalization Improvement Program for Adolescent-Community Model (MIPAdo-CM), based on the concept of mentalization.
METHODS
The MIPAdo-CM was composed of 12 sessions and was applied to 403 students in the 2nd grade of a middle school. Every session was conducted after the regular school hours for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks, we compared the endpoint changes of Adolescent Mental Problem Questionnaire-Revised (AMPQ-R), Emotional Empathy Test (EET), Peer Aggression Scale (PAS), Peer Bullying Scale (PBS), School Adjustment Scale (SAS), Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) and Visual Analogue Scale between the subject and the control group.
RESULTS
There was no significant difference between two groups in AMPQ-R, EET, PAS, PBS, SAS, and TAI. On the Visual Analoge Scale, however, students in the trial classes reported more increase in understanding and respect for both others and themselves.
CONCLUSION
The efficacy of MIPAdo-CM was subjective improvement of understanding and respect for both others and themselves, erence between two groups in AMPQ-R, Empathy test, To prove objective usefulness of this program, further studies with more structured design will be needed.

Keyword

Mentalization; School Mental Health; Adolescent; Bullying

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Aggression
Anxiety
Bullying
Child
Empathy
Humans
Mental Health
Phenothiazines
Theory of Mind
Phenothiazines