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Effects of Child Skills Training in Preventing Antisocial Behavior. By: Friedrich Losel & Andreas Beelmann Angelique Marshall Radford University. Purpose. To analyze the preventive effects of child skills training on antisocial behavior and related outcomes.
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Effects of Child Skills Training in Preventing Antisocial Behavior By: Friedrich Losel & Andreas Beelmann Angelique Marshall Radford University
Purpose To analyze the preventive effects of child skills training on antisocial behavior and related outcomes. • provide a basis for a differentiated evaluation of the preventive potential of child skills training • permit conclusions on the practical implementation of such programs • offer perspectives for practice, policy making, and research
Literature Review • All retrievable published or unpublished reports in the English or German Languages that had appeared no later than 2000 • Methods • Electronic Sources- keywords…Prevention; antisocial behavior; social skills training; evaluation; meta-analysis; childhood and adolescence • Psyc-Info • Medline • Eric • Dissertation Abstracts
Literature Review • References given in existing reviews were checked systematically • References given already identified primary studies were analyzed for further relevant publications • Studies • Approximately 851 found • 84 met eligibility criteria that included 135 treatment/control group comparisons
Studies to Include • Must contain an evaluation specifically addressing a social training program for the prevention of antisocial behavior in children and youth • Randomized control group design • Pre-intervention and post-intervention data had to be available • Age: zero to eighteen years • Focus on prevention • Outcome measures: data had to be reported in sufficient detail to permit an adequate computation
Potential ModeratorsIndependent Variables • Publication year • Sample size • Type of randomization • Type of treatment • Trainers • Age • Type of prevention
Potential ModeratorsDependent Variables • Experimental design: treatment and control group • Specifically addressing a social training program for prevention of anti-social behavior • Post-intervention measurements • Follow-up measurements
Results for Independent Variable Moderators • Low sample size in many of the studies • Performed multiple significance testing without alpha adjustments • Some effects are based on only a few studies • Random model is not very sensitive for moderator effects • Moderators are to some extent confounded
Conclusion • Studies demonstrate a positive overall effect that is small but robust • Cognitive-behavioral programs targeting high-risk youngsters who already exhibit some behavioral problems seem to be particularly effective.