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. 2022 Oct 1;24(2):353–364. doi: 10.1007/s11121-022-01443-8

Table 1.

Detailed description of reviewed articles

First author (year) Country; recruitment sources Study participants Intervention; prevention level Comparison Outcomes (measures)
Antonson (2018) Sweden; two secondary schools Upper secondary school students; aged 15–19 years; 70.3% female Internet-based self-help mindfulness-based program accessible through computers, smartphones, and tablets; Universal prevention Wait-list Stress (14-item Perceived Stress Scale)
Bonnert (2017) Sweden; primary, secondar,y and tertiary care clinics Adolescents diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome; aged 13–17 years; 61.0% female Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy; selective prevention Wait-list

Anxiety (Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale)

Stress (10-item Perceived Stress Scale)

De Voogd (2016a)_1 Netherlands; 14 regular high schools Students in the 1st to 6th grade of high schools; aged 11–18 years; 57.6% female Online attentional bias modification training (visual search attention training, dot-probe attention training); universal prevention Placebo (visual search placebo, dot-probe placebo)

Anxiety (Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders)

Depression (Children’s Depression Inventory)

De Voogd (2016b)_2 The Netherlands; 14 regular high schools High school students; aged 11–18 years; 60.1% female Online emotional working memory training; universal prevention Placebo

Anxiety (Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders)

Depression (Children’s Depression Inventory)

De Voogd (2018) The Netherlands; 14 regular high schools Students in the 1st to 6th grade of high schools; aged 11–19 years; 60.7% female Online interpretation bias modification training; universal prevention Placebo

Anxiety (Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders)

Depression (Children’s Depression Inventory)

Duan (2017) China; one university Undergraduate students; aged 17–24 years; 71.1% female Web-based multiple health behavior intervention for physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake based on health action process approach; universal prevention No intervention Depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression)
Fang (2010) USA; Asian community service agencies in 19 states with significant Asian populations Asian–American adolescent girls; aged 11–14 years; all females Web-based Mother-Daughter program (family-oriented substance use prevention program based on family interaction theory); universal prevention No intervention Depression (Children’s Depression Inventory)
Greene (2012) USA; eight universities Undergraduate students of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors; aged 18–24 years; 63% female Online healthful eating and physical activity program; universal prevention Wait-list

Stress

(12-item General Health Questionnaire)

Kattelmann (2014) USA; 13 college campuses College student; aged 18–24 years; 67.2% female Web-delivered Young Adults Eating and Active for Health program; universal prevention Wait-list Stress (14-item Perceived Stress Scale)
Law (2015) USA; a headache clinic Adolescents with recurrent headache; aged 11–17 years; 81.9% female Internet-delivered family-based cognitive behavioral therapy program with headache treatment; selective prevention Headache treatment

Anxiety

(Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Edition)

Depression

(Children’s Depression Inventory)

Levin (2014) USA; two local university and community college campuses, as well as advertisements in the local school newspapers and school websites Undergraduate first-year students; aged 18–20 years; 53.9% female Web-based acceptance and commitment therapy prevention program; universal prevention Wait-list

Anxiety (7-item subscale assessing anxiety of the 21-item version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale)

Depression (7-item subscale assessing depression of the 21-item version of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale)

Stress (7-item subscale assessing stress of the 21-item version of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale)

Newcombe (2012) Australia; a respiratory outpatient clinic Children and adolescents with a chronic respiratory condition; aged 10–17 years; 51.3% female Internet-based problem-solving program; selective prevention Wait-list Depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children)
O’Dea (2020) Australia; advertisement on Facebook campaign targeting young people adolescents; aged 12–16 years; 86.5% female Relationship-focused mobile phone application based on cognitive behavioral therapy and social learning theory; universal prevention Wait-list

Anxiety (Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale)

Depression (Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents)

Palermo (2009) USA; multidisciplinary pediatric pain clinic, pediatric neurology clinic, and pediatric gastroenterology clinic at an academic health center Children and adolescents with chronic pain; aged 11–17 years; 72.9% female Internet-delivered family cognitive behavioral therapy intervention; selective prevention Wait-list

Depression

(Major depressive disorder subscale of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale)

Puolakanaho (2019) Finland; two municipalities in Central Finland Ninth-grade adolescents; aged 15–16 years; 49.0% female Web- and mobile-delivered program based on acceptance and commitment therapy; universal prevention Usual support from school Stress (Single-item measure assessing overall stress)
Ruggiero (2015) USA; two regions that sustained severe impact from tornadoes Adolescents affected by devastating tornadoes; aged 12–17 years; 51.0% female Web-based intervention for disaster-affected adolescents and parents; selective prevention No intervention

Depression

(National Survey of Adolescents Depression module)

Schwinn (2014) USA; publicly subsidized housing Adolescent girls lived in publicly subsidized housing; aged 10–12 years; all females Web-based, family-involvement health promotion program; selective prevention No intervention Stress (6-item Perceived Stress Scale)
Whittaker (2017) New Zealand; 15 secondary schools Attending years 9–12 at participating schools; aged 13–17 years; 68.0% female Mobile phone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy-based program; universal prevention Placebo

Depression

(Children’s Depression Rating Scale-Revised)

Williamson (2019) UK; primary care practices and charities Adolescents with appearance-affecting conditions experiencing appearance-related distress, teasing or bullying; aged 12–17 years; 74.5% females Web-based self-help psychosocial intervention integrating cognitive behavioral therapy and social skills training; selective prevention Usual care Social anxiety (22-item Social Anxiety Scale)