Author:
ABER J. LAWRENCE,JONES STEPHANIE M.,BROWN JOSHUA L.,CHAUDRY NINA,SAMPLES FAITH
Abstract
This study evaluated
the short-term impact of a school-based violence prevention initiative on developmental
processes thought to place children at risk for future aggression and violence and examined the
influence of classroom and neighborhood contexts on the effectiveness of the violence
prevention initiative. Two waves of developmental data (fall and spring) were analyzed from the
1st year of the evaluation of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP), which includes
5053 children from grades two to six from 11 elementary schools in New York City. Three
distinct profiles of exposure to the intervention were derived from Management Information
System (MIS) data on between classroom differences in teacher Training and Coaching in
RCCP, Classroom Instruction in RCCP, and percentages of students who are Peer Mediators.
Developmental processes that place children at risk were found to increase over the course of the
school year. Children whose teachers had a moderate amount of training and coaching from
RCCP and who taught many lessons showed significantly slower growth in aggression-related
processes, and less of a decrease in competence-related processes, compared to children whose
teachers taught few or no lessons. Contrary to expectation, children whose teachers had a higher
level of training and coaching in the RCCP but taught few lessons showed significantly faster
growth over time in aggressive cognitions and behaviors. The impact of the intervention on
children's social cognitions (but not on their interpersonal behaviors) varied by context.
Specifically the positive effect of High Lessons was dampened for children in high-risk
classrooms and neighborhoods. Implications for future research on developmental
psychopathology in context and for the design of preventive interventions are discussed.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Developmental and Educational Psychology
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165 articles.
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