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SynthesisPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2018

Empirically Based Mean Effect Size Distributions for Universal Prevention Programs Targeting School-Aged Youth: A Review of Meta-Analyses.

Emily E Tanner-Smith, Joseph A Durlak, Robert A Marx

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Synthesis in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emily E Tanner-SmithDepartment of Counseling Psychology and Human Services, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA. etanners@uoregon.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5313-0664
Joseph A DurlakLoyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Robert A MarxDepartment of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Loyola University Chicago · USUniversity of Oregon · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review of reviews presents an empirically based set of mean effect size distributions for judging the relative impact of the effects of universal mental health promotion and prevention programs for school-age youth (ages 5 through 18) across a range of program targets and types of outcomes. Mean effect size distributions were established by examining the findings from 74 meta-analyses of universal prevention and promotion programs that included more than 1100 controlled outcome studies involving over 490,000 school-age youth. The distributions of mean effect sizes from these meta-analyses indicated considerable variability across program targets and outcomes that differed substantially from Cohen's (1988, Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.)) widely used set of conventions for assessing if effects are small, medium, or large. These updated mean effect size distributions will provide researchers, practitioners, and funders with more appropriate evidence-based standards for judging the relative effects of universal prevention programs for youth. Limitations in current data and directions for future work are also discussed.

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Mental HealthAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersPreventive Health ServicesSchool Health ServicesSchoolsSubstance-Related DisordersEffect sizesMeta-analysisUniversal preventionYouth

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PMID30136245
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