Table 3.

Key Points of Adaptation in the Present Study Compared to Flinchbaugh et al. (2012)

Criterion	Flinchbaugh et al. (2012)	Present Study	Rationale for adaptation
Duration of intervention	12 weeks	8 weeks	To fit the module within the schools’ academic timeline; is a usual practice in community based research in school settings (e.g., Foret et al., 2012)
Frequency of introducing new stress management technique	Every 3 weeks	Every 2 weeks (each technique over two sessions: 1- Introduction, & 2- Practice & Reinforcement)	In view of participants being younger students at a different developmental stage than those in the original study
Medium of journaling	Online	Children friendly hard copy journal booklets	Participants’ age and logistics available in participating schools
Facilitator	Different facilitators across all four groups	Common facilitator across all four groups	Recommended by Flinchbaugh et al. (2012) in order to diminish the effect of potential differences due to different facilitators