ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2017
Can Universal SEL Programs Benefit Universally? Effects of the Positive Action Program on Multiple Trajectories of Social-Emotional and Misconduct Behaviors.
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- Effective Components of Social Emotional Learning Programs: A Meta-analysis.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Life Skills-Based School Violence Prevention Programs in Secondary Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- SAFEGUARD: Transforming Military Suicide Prevention Through Predictive Analytics and Targeted Interventions.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- Potential harm from universal school-based mental health interventions: Candidate mechanisms and future directions.Current opinion in psychology · 2026Review
- Universal School-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for Diverse Student Subgroups: Implications for Enhancing Equity Through SEL.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- Bidirectional relationships between parenting stress and child behavior problems in multi-stressed, single-mother families: A cross-lagged panel model.Family process · 2023Article
- Social-Emotional Learning for Whom? Implications of a Universal SEL Program and Teacher Well-being for Teachers' Interactions with Students.School mental health · 2023Article
- Executive Function Mediates the Relationship Between Conscious Discipline Fidelity and Kindergarten Readiness.Journal of applied developmental psychologyArticle
- Childhood Protective Factors and a Prevention Program Reduce Later Problem Behaviors.Journal of applied developmental psychologyArticle
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Abstract
Behavioral trajectories during middle childhood are predictive of consequential outcomes later in life (e.g., substance abuse, violence). Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs are designed to promote trajectories that reflect both growth in positive behaviors and inhibited development of negative behaviors. The current study used growth mixture models to examine effects of the Positive Action (PA) program on behavioral trajectories of social-emotional and character development (SECD) and misconduct using data from a cluster-randomized trial that involved 14 schools and a sample of predominately low-income, urban youth followed from 3rd through 8th grade. For SECD, findings indicated that PA was similarly effective at improving trajectories within latent classes characterized as "high/declining" and "low/stable". Favorable program effects were likewise evident to a comparable degree for misconduct across observed latent classes that reflected "low/rising" and "high/rising" trajectories. These findings suggest that PA and perhaps other school-based universal SEL programs have the potential to yield comparable benefits across subgroups of youth with differing trajectories of positive and negative behaviors, making them promising strategies for achieving the intended goal of school-wide improvements in student outcomes.
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