[School-based prevention of antisocial behavior: efficacy of the "Verhaltenstraining für Schulanfänger"].
In order to test its short- and middle-term impact as well as differential gender effects the universal school-based "Verhaltenstraining für Schulanfänger", a German prevention program on antisocial behavior for elementary school students, was conducted and evaluated in Luxembourg. In a quasi-experimental setting, nine first grade classes (n=88) were assigned to intervention and control groups. Three waves of data (pretest, posttest and 12-months-follow up) including teacher and student assessments were analysed. As a result intervention effects in terms of significant reductions in oppositional defiant and aggressive behavior as well as an increase in social and emotional competencies according to teachers' assessments at 12-months-follow-up could be observed. Student interviews showed positive short-term effects in terms of increased emotional knowledge and social problem solving competencies at posttest, with girls showing a stronger improvement of their emotional knowledge than boys.
Natzke
Heike
H
Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität bremen, Grazer, Bremen.
Petermann
Franz
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D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018187:Personal Construct Theory; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior