title: Social participation and independent mobility in children: the effects of two implementations of "we go to school alone".
abstract: The aim of this research was to determine the outcomes of the "We go to school alone" program in two Districts of Rome through a longitudinal study involving 392 children (mean age = 8.37 years) and 270 parents. The outcomes of the program in the two Districts were very different. Only one resulted in an increase in children's autonomous mobility on the home-school journey, a reduction in the number of times a child was taken to school by car, and, even more important, in an increase in the general level of children's independent mobility in their neighborhood. The findings are discussed in terms of a process evaluation that enabled us to understand the differing results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy. miretta.prezza@uniroma1.i
authors.forename: Miretta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prezza
authors.forename: Francesca Romana
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Alparone
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Renzi
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pietrobono
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012384:Rome; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation