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ERIC Number: EJ754489
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Feb
Pages: 8
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-006X
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Changing the Way Children "Think" about Aggression: Social-Cognitive Effects of a Preventive Intervention
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v75 n1 p160-167 Feb 2007
The study reports social-cognitive outcomes of interventions in a cluster-randomized school-based aggression prevention trial in low and moderate resource urban communities. Targeted social cognitions were aggressive responses, aggressive/prosocial fantasy, and normative beliefs supporting aggression. Participants were 1,484 early elementary school-age children selected for aggression above school medians. Schools received no treatment, curriculum plus teacher consultation (Level A), or Level A plus small-group training (Level B) over 2 years. The Level A condition changed the social cognitions supporting aggression in the desired direction but only in the moderate resource communities. The small-group component did not appear to add to the effect of the Level A condition. Findings suggest that early prevention can modify children's social cognitions in moderate resource communities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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