Twemlow, SW;
Fonagy, P;
Sacco, FC;
Gies, ML;
Evans, R;
Ewbank, R;
(2001)
Creating a peaceful school learning environment: A controlled study of an elementary school intervention to reduce violence.
AM J PSYCHIAT
, 158
(5)
808 - 810.
Abstract
Objective: The impact of a manual-based antiviolence program on the learning climate in an elementary school over 4 years was compared with the outcome in a control school.Method: The two schools were matched for demographic characteristics. The intervention in the experimental school was based on zero tolerance for bullying; the control school received only regular psychiatric consultation. Disciplinary and academic achievement data were collected in both schools.Results: The experimental school showed significant reductions in discipline referrals and increases in scores on standardized academic achievement measures.Conclusions: A low-cost antiviolence intervention that does not focus on individual pathology or interfere with the educational process may improve the learning environment in elementary schools.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Creating a peaceful school learning environment: A controlled study of an elementary school intervention to reduce violence |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/11610 |
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