title: Assessing the impact of an emotion regulation booster program for elementary school-aged children.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether children who participated in a booster program 3 years after completing an emotion regulation program show a greater increase between pretest and post-test in the development of emotion regulation skills than children in a comparison group. A booster program was implemented as a pilot project with seven children ages 12-14. The contrast group consisted of eight children ages 10-14. Results of the study showed that the booster group had significant increases on 4 of 10 outcome measures: emotional awareness, emotional expressiveness, number of identified body cues, and number of identified calming activities. The contrast group showed no significant pretest post-test changes on the outcomes measured. EDITORS' STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS: Replication will be required with a larger sample size, but the emotion regulation results presented are encouraging. Program developers and evaluators will benefit from the authors' discussion of the importance and role of booster programs.
authors: K-W Counselling Services, ON, Canada.
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Hammond
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Westhues
authors: Alice Schmidt
authors: AS
authors: Hanbidge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires