A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Long-Term Intervention on Social and Emotional Learning in Compulsory School

Autor/inn/en	Klapp, Alli; Belfield, Clive; Bowden, Brooks; Levin, Henry; Shand, Robert; Zander, Sabine
Titel	A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Long-Term Intervention on Social and Emotional Learning in Compulsory School
Quelle	In: International Journal of Emotional Education, 9 (2017) 1, S.3-19 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2073-7629
Schlagwörter	Cost Effectiveness; Intervention; Social Development; Emotional Development; Compulsory Education; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Outcomes of Treatment; Drug Abuse; Pretests Posttests; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Middle School Students; Quasiexperimental Design; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Schulpflicht; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schweden
Abstract	There is growing evidence that social and emotional skills can be taught to students in school and teaching these skills can have a positive effect on later outcomes, such as better mental health and less drug use. This paper presents a benefit-cost analysis of a longitudinal social and emotional learning intervention in Sweden, using data for 663 students participating in the evaluation. Intervention costs are compared against treatment impact on self-reported drug use. Pre-test and post-test data are available. Since follow-up data for the participants' drug use as adults is not available, informed projections have been made. Net present monetary values are calculated for the general public and society. The results show that students in the treatment group report decreasing use of drugs over the five year long intervention, the value of which easily outweighs the intervention costs. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01