On 2013 Dec 01, James C Coyne commented:

This study is the largest ever evaluation of the Penn Resiliency Program for Children and Adolescents, with more participants than all past studies combined.

Results are disappointing and may even be less than reported. Read more at http://blogs.plos.org/mindthebrain/2013/11/25/positive-psychology-in-the-schools-the-uk-resilience-project/ .

Intervention does not seem distinctly positive psychology, with elements of cognitive therapy of Beck and Ellis' rationale emotive therapy dominating. Why would the authors have expected effects if samples were low in depressive symptoms at baseline?

Such investments of public resources and such demands on student time should have better prior evidence to be justified.

On 2013 Dec 01, James C Coyne commented:

This study is the largest ever evaluation of the Penn Resiliency Program for Children and Adolescents, with more participants than all past studies combined.

Results are disappointing and may even be less than reported. Read more at http://blogs.plos.org/mindthebrain/2013/11/25/positive-psychology-in-the-schools-the-uk-resilience-project/ .

Intervention does not seem distinctly positive psychology, with elements of cognitive therapy of Beck and Ellis' rationale emotive therapy dominating. Why would the authors have expected effects if samples were low in depressive symptoms at baseline?

Such investments of public resources and such demands on student time should have better prior evidence to be justified.