Strengthening the Social Information-Processing Skills of Children: A Controlled Test of the "Let's Be Friends" Program in China

Autor/inn/en	Wu, Fan; Fraser, Mark W.; Guo, Shenyang; Day, Steven H.; Galinsky, Maeda J.
Titel	Strengthening the Social Information-Processing Skills of Children: A Controlled Test of the "Let's Be Friends" Program in China
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 26 (2016) 5, S.525-538 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731514556995
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Intervention; Information Skills; Pilot Projects; Adoption (Ideas); Media Adaptation; Child Development; Translation; Course Content; Review (Reexamination); Chinese; After School Programs; Comparative Analysis; Interpersonal Relationship; Elementary School Students; Literature Reviews; Pretests Posttests; Quasiexperimental Design; Multiple Regression Analysis; Nonparametric Statistics; Statistical Analysis; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Informationskompetenz; Orientierungswissen; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Medienverwendung; Kindesentwicklung; Kursprogramm; Wiederholungsprüfung; China; Chinesen; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Objective: The study had two objectives (a) to adapt for Chinese children an intervention designed to strengthen the social information--processing (SIP) skills of children in the United States, and (b) to pilot test the adapted intervention in China. Methods: Adaptation of the "Making Choices" program involved reviewing Chinese literature on child development, translating and back-translating a treatment manual, modifying intervention content, and engaging experts to review program materials. Children (n = 91), ages 8-10, in five after-school child care centers in Tianjin, China, received the program. After propensity score adjustments, the skills of children who received the program were compared to the skills of children (n = 123) recruited from neighborhood primary schools. Results: The adapted program appears to have strengthened encoding skills. Patterns for other information-processing skills were promising but mixed. Conclusion: The program has the potential to strengthen the SIP skills of children in China. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01