Table 1c.
Different programs (than LST) on emotional and social skills, psychological wellbeing indicators, healthy behaviors, academic performance outcomes.
Study | Country | Interventions (Focus; Sample Size) | Controls (Focus; Sample Size) | Students’ Population Size | Students’ Age/Grade at Baseline | Duration and Assessment Timeline |
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Bond et al., [52] | Australia | Gatehouse Project (program on emotional wellbeing promotion to prevent substances use; baseline: N=1335) | No intervention (N=1343) | N= 2678 | 8 grade | 3 academic years (4 waves of students: baseline at the beginning of year 8; other assessments: at the and of year 8, 9, 10 (pre-post) |
He et al., [53] | Canada | Free Fruit and Vegetable Snacks (FFVS) plus Enhanced Nutrition Education (ENE) (program offering either one fruit or one vegetable serving three time per week plus “Paint Your Plate! Create a Master Piece: Vegetables and Fruit Action Guide for Schools”, a curriculum-based resources for teachers to enhance students’ awareness, knowledge, self-efficacy, preference, intention and willingness to increase fruit and vegetable consumption; N=3104) | - Free Fruit and Vegetable Snacks (FFVS) (program offering either one fruit or one vegetable serving three time per week; N=1625) - No intervention (N=1659) |
N=6388 | 5-8 grades | 21 weeks (pre-post) |
Holen et al., [47] | Norway | Zippis’ Friends (program to strenght childrens’ coping skills; N=686) | No intervention (N = 638) | N = 1324 | 2 grade | 24 weeks (pre-post) |
Jones et al., [55] | USA | 4Rs Social-Emotional Learning Program (Reading, wRiting, Respect and Resolution) (program to prevent social-emotional, behavioral and academic problems; N=630) | No intervention (N=554) | N=1184 | 3 grade | 2 academic years (wave 1 – baseline, fall third grade; wave 2 – spring third grade; wave 3 – fall fourth grade; wave 4 – spring fourth grade) |
Khalsha et al., [57] | USA | Yoga Ed Program (program to increase psychosocial wellbeing and mental health; N= 74) | Regular physical education (Not defined; N= 47) | N=121 | 7 grade | 11 weeks (pre-post) |
Melnik et al., [59] | USA | COPE (Creating Oppurtunities for Personal Empowerment) Healthy Lifestyles TEEN (Thinking, Emotions, Exercise, Nutrition) Program (cognitive-behavioral skills-building intervention with 20 minutes of physical activity integrated into a health course to promote healthy lifestyles behaviors, good MBI, good psychosocial outcomes, social skills, and academic performance; N=358) | Attention program (Healthy Teen) (manualized attenction program focused on safety and common health topic/issue for teens. Control students received also a manual with homeworks and reviewed with their parents a newsletter sent to their homes; N=421) | N=779 | 9-11 grades | 15 weeks (pre-post + 6 months follow up) |
Noogle et al., [60] | USA | Kripalu Yoga (program to increase psychosocial wellbeing and self-regulatory skills; N=36) | Regular physical education (Not defined; N=15) | N=51 | 11-12 grades | 10 weeks (pre-post) |
Shek et al. [54] - see also: Shek et al.,; [71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76] |
Hong Kong | PATHS (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes ) (programme to promote positive development and reduce risks/problem behaviors; N=2662) | No intervention (N=3272) | N=5934 | 6 grade (baseline) | 3 academic years (400 hours in each school year for each grade) (8 year waves: pre- 5 measures + 2 post interventions) |
Werch et al., [45] | USA | 3 interventions based on Behavioral-Image Model (BIM) (brief interventions based on printed text and scripted messages which attpted to elicit an image of successful young adults and to show the benefits of being successful in terms of enhanced self-image): - Plan for Success Goal clarification Survey (Goal Survey) (self administered instrument to identify behaviors that would improve their future chances of being successful, as well as those that would interfere, along with improvents in the way they would view the selves or others might see th resulting from becoming a more successful young adult; N = 113); - Goal Survey plus a Path to Success Goal Plan (Contract)(The Contract was designed to assist participants in selecting self-concordant goals they felt lead to a more successful and happy life, which have been found to facilitate behavioral change; N = 113); - Goal Survey plus a Career Consultation (Consult) (The Consult was designed to provide image-based feedback tailored to targeted personal development and health behaviors; N = 109) |
N = 335 | 11-12 grades | 1 acad ic year (max 20-minute s sessions during regular school hours; pre and 1 month post) |