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SynthesisScientific reports2022

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the benefits of school-based, peer-led interventions for leaders.

Levi Wade, Angus A Leahy, Mark J Babic, Mark R Beauchamp, Jordan J Smith, Sarah G Kennedy, James Boyer, Nicole Nathan, Katie Robinson, David R Lubans

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Levi WadeCentre for Active Living and Learning, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4007-5336
Angus A LeahyCentre for Active Living and Learning, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2147-9420
Mark J BabicCentre for Active Living and Learning, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.
Mark R BeauchampSchool of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8909-3896
Jordan J SmithCentre for Active Living and Learning, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4640-8645
Sarah G KennedySchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9804-616X
James BoyerNew South Wales Department of Education, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0585-4238
Nicole NathanHunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7726-1714
Katie RobinsonCentre for Active Living and Learning, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8347-4783
David R LubansCentre for Active Living and Learning, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia. David.Lubans@newcastle.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-0204-8257

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of our systematic review and meta-analysis was to quantitatively synthesise the effects of school-based peer-led interventions on leaders' academic, psychosocial, behavioural, and physical outcomes. Eligible studies were those that: (i) evaluated a school-based peer-led intervention using an experimental or quasi-experimental study design, (ii) included an age-matched control or comparison group, and (iii) evaluated the impact of the intervention on one or more leader outcomes. Medline, Sportdiscus, Psychinfo, Embase, and Scopus online databases were searched on the 24th of October, 2022 which yielded 13,572 results, with 31 included in the narrative synthesis and 12 in the meta-analysis. We found large positive effects for leaders' attitudes toward bullying (d = 1.02), small-to-medium positive effects for leaders' literacy (d = 0.39), and small positive effects for leaders' self-esteem (d = 0.18). There were mixed findings for behavioural outcomes and null effects for physical outcomes. Notable limitations of this research are the inclusion of a relatively small number of studies, and high heterogeneity in those included. Our findings have the potential to inform educational practice, but also highlight the need for further research examining the mechanisms that might account for the observed effects. Our systematic review was prospectively registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021273129).

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PMCPMC9732042

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