Mytton, JA;
DiGuiseppi, C;
Gough, D;
Taylor, R;
Logan, S;
(2006)
School-Based Violence Prevention Programs:
Systematic Review of Secondary Prevention Trials.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
, 156
(8)
pp. 752-762.
10.1001/archpedi.156.8.752.
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Abstract
Objective: To quantify the effectiveness of school-based violence prevention programsfor children identified as at risk for aggressive behavior.// Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Electronic databases and bibliographies were systematically searched and authorsand organizations were contacted to identify randomized controlled trials.Standardized, weighted mean effect sizes were assessed by meta-analysis.// Setting: Elementary, middle, and high schools.// Participants: Children at risk for aggressive behavior.// Main Outcome Measures: Violent injuries, observed or reported aggressive or violent behaviors, and school or agency responses to aggressive behaviors.// Results: Of the 44 trials identified, none reported data on violent injuries. For the 28 trials that assessed aggressive behaviors, the pooled difference between study groups was −0.36 (95% confidence interval, −0.54to −0.19) in favor of a reduction in aggression with intervention. For the 9 trials that reported data on school or agency responses to aggression, the pooled difference was −0.59 (95% confidence interval, −1.18to 0.01). Subgroup analyses suggested greater effectiveness in older students and when administered to mixed-sex groups rather than to boys alone.// Conclusions: School-based violence prevention programs may produce reductions in aggressive and violent behaviors in children who already exhibit such behavior. These results, however, need to be confirmed in large, high-quality trials.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: Systematic Review of Secondary Prevention Trials |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archpedi.156.8.752 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10174647 |
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