Background: Prevention programs that target resilience may help youth address mental health difficulties and promote well-being during public health crises.

Aims: To examine the preliminary efficacy of the (RYP).

Method: The RYP was delivered remotely from a US academic medical centre to youth in the community via a naturalistic pilot study. Data from 66 youth (ages 6-18, = 11.65, = 3.02) and their parents were collected via quality assurance procedures (May 2020 to March 2021). Pre/post-intervention child/parent-reported psychological and stress symptoms as well as well-being measures were compared via Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Child/parent-reported skills use data were collected.

Results: Among child-reported outcomes, there were significant decreases in physical stress ( = .03), anxiety ( = .004), depressive symptoms ( < .001) and anger ( = .002), as well as increased life satisfaction ( = .02). There were no significant differences in child-reported psychological stress ( = .06) or positive affect ( = .09). Among parent-reported child outcomes, there were significant decreases in psychological ( < .001) and physical stress ( = .03), anxiety ( < .001), depressive symptoms ( < .001), and anger ( < .002) as well as increased positive affect ( < .001) and life satisfaction ( < .001). Effect sizes ranged from small to medium; 77% of youth (73% of parents) reported using RYP skills. Age and gender were not associated with outcome change.

Conclusions: The RYP may help reduce psychological/stress symptoms and increase well-being among youth; further research is needed.

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