A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of an After-School Prosocial Behavior Program in an Area of Socioeconomic Disadvantage

Autor/inn/en	O'Hare, Liam; Biggart, Andy; Kerr, Karen; Connolly, Paul
Titel	A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of an After-School Prosocial Behavior Program in an Area of Socioeconomic Disadvantage
Quelle	In: Elementary School Journal, 116 (2015) 1, S.1-29 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-5984
DOI	10.1086/683102
Schlagwörter	After School Programs; Prosocial Behavior; Economically Disadvantaged; Research Methodology; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Program Evaluation; Measures (Individuals); Antisocial Behavior; Parenting Styles; Parent Participation; Outcomes of Education; Foreign Countries; Primary Education; Pretests Posttests; Regression (Statistics); Ireland (Dublin) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Messdaten; Elternmitwirkung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Primarbereich; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the effects of a prosocial behavior after-school program called Mate-Tricks for 9- and 10-year-old children and their parents living in an area of significant socioeconomic disadvantage. The children were randomly assigned to an intervention (n = 220) or a control group (n = 198). Children were compared on measures of prosocial behavior, antisocial behavior, and related outcome measures. The trial found adverse effects on four outcomes among the intervention group compared to the control group: antisocial behavior increased on two different measures (d = 0.20) and (d = 0.18), child-reported liberal parenting increased (d = 0.16), and child reported authoritarian parenting also increased (d = 0.20). In addition, parental participation was significantly associated with several program outcomes. It was concluded, that group based after-school behavior programs may have the potential to cause iatrogenic effects and must be designed, piloted, evaluated and implemented with a high degree of care. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01