Trial reportThe Journal of school health2013
Using social-emotional and character development to improve academic outcomes: a matched-pair, cluster-randomized controlled trial in low-income, urban schools.
Trial report in The Journal of school health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01025674 (Positive Action for Social and Character Development), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Positive Action for Social and Character Development
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions targeting multiple risk behaviours in young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well-being of students and their academic achievement.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Effects of a School-Based Social-Emotional and Character Development Program on Health Behaviors: A Matched-Pair, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.The journal of primary prevention · 2016Trial
- Effects of Positive Action on the emotional health of urban youth: a cluster-randomized trial.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2013Trial
- Sample size considerations for matched-pair cluster randomization design with incomplete observations of continuous outcomes.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Impact of school-based and out-of-school mental health services on reducing school absence and school suspension among children with psychiatric disorders.Evaluation and program planning · 2018Article
- The Promise of Prevention Science for Addressing Intergenerational Poverty.Psychology, public policy, and law : an official law review of the University of Arizona College of Law and the University of Miami School of Law · 2018Article
- Can Universal SEL Programs Benefit Universally? Effects of the Positive Action Program on Multiple Trajectories of Social-Emotional and Misconduct Behaviors.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Article
- Implementation Measurement for Evidence-Based Violence Prevention Programs in Communities.Journal of community health · 2016Review
- A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Positive Action Program in a Low-Income, Racially Diverse, Rural County: Effects on Self-Esteem, School Hassles, Aggression, and Internalizing Symptoms.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2015Article
- Teachers' Perceptions of School Organizational Climate as Predictors of Dosage and Quality of Implementation of a Social-Emotional and Character Development Program.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2015Article
- Childhood Protective Factors and a Prevention Program Reduce Later Problem Behaviors.Journal of applied developmental psychologyArticle
- SOCIO-EMOTIONAL AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: A Theoretical Orientation.Journal of character educationArticle
- Effects of theApplied developmental scienceArticle
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSchool-based social-emotional and character development (SECD) programs can influence not only SECD but also academic-related outcomes. This study evaluated the impact of one SECD program, Positive Action (PA), on educational outcomes among low-income, urban youth.
methodsThe longitudinal study used a matched-pair, cluster-randomized controlled design. Student-reported disaffection with learning and academic grades, and teacher ratings of academic ability and motivation were assessed for a cohort followed from grades 3 to 8. Aggregate school records were used to assess standardized test performance (for entire school, cohort, and demographic subgroups) and absenteeism (entire school). Multilevel growth-curve analyses tested program effects.
resultsPA significantly improved growth in academic motivation and mitigated disaffection with learning. There was a positive impact of PA on absenteeism and marginally significant impact on math performance of all students. There were favorable program effects on reading for African American boys and cohort students transitioning between grades 7 and 8, and on math for girls and low-income students.
conclusionsA school-based SECD program was found to influence academic outcomes among students living in low-income, urban communities. Future research should examine mechanisms by which changes in SECD influence changes in academic outcomes.
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