Efficacy of the Fast Track Friendship Group Program for Peer-rejected Children: A Randomized-Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Karen L. Bierman, Janet A. Welsh, Cristin M. Hall, Linda N. Jacobson, David L. Lee, Damon E. Jones |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. :1-17 |
| ISSN: | 1537-4424 1537-4416 |
| Popis: | To evaluate the benefits of the Fast Track Friendship Group program implemented as a stand-alone school-based intervention on the social cognitions, social behavior, peer and teacher relationships of peer-rejected students.Over four successive years, 224 peer-rejected elementary students (57% White, 17% Black, 20% Latinx, 5% multiracial; 68% male; grades 1-4; MMulti-level linear models, with children nested within schools (controlling for demographics and baseline scores) documented improvements in social-cognitive skills (direct assessments of emotion recognition and competent social problem-solving), social behavior (teacher ratings of social skills and externalizing behavior), and interpersonal relationships (peer sociometric nominations of peer acceptance and friendships, teacher-rated student-teacher closeness). Significant effects were generally small (The intervention proved feasible for high-fidelity implementation in school settings and produced significant improvements in the social adjustment of peer-rejected children, validating the approach as a school-based Tier 2 intervention. |
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