Abstract
The present study aimed to examine effects of a cognitive behavioral program for school nurses that was comprised of assessment and treatment of children's problems. The participating school nurses were assigned to either a cognitive behavioral program group (n=19) or a control group (n=27). The intervention was one 2-hour workshop and one 90-minute follow-up session. The results suggested that the cognitive behavioral program enhanced the school nurses' self-efficacy for intervening in children's problems. However, helplessness and general self-efficacy significantly improved in both groups. No effects of the intervention were found for depression-anxiety and irritable-anger.
