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. 2015 Feb 26;11(Suppl 1 M2):21–40. doi: 10.2174/1745017901511010021

Table 2c.

Outcomes and tools: Different programs (than LST) on emotional and social skills, psychological wellbeing indicators, healthy behaviors, academic performance outcomes.

Study Outcomes Mediators or Covariates Measures/Tools
Bond et al., [52] Psychological wellbeing indicators
- Mental health status (self reported anxiety/depression);
- social relations (availability of attachments and conflictual relationships);
- victimisation;
- school engagement
Healthy behavior
- substance use
- peers’ substances use;
- family structure (intact; separated/divorced; other circumstances); language other than English spoken at home; cowntry of birth (Australia vs other); parents’ smoking cigarettes and/or drinking alcohol;
- gender
- Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised (CIS-R)
- Interview Schedule for Social Interaction
- 4 items addressing types of recent victimisation;
- School Engagement Scale;
- set of questions developed by the Center for Adoleschent Health (Patton et al., 1995) to rate current smoking and drinking;
- 7 days diary for students who had smoking tobacco in the past month or drunk alcohol in the past two weeks or used marijuana in the past six months.
He et al., [53] Healthy behavior
- fruit and vegetable consumption
Emotional and social skills
- knowledge, attitude, liking, self-efficay, intention, willingness, habit, preferences and peer influences toward fruit and vegetables
- Pre-Coded 24h Fruit and Vegetable Recall Questionnaire (Haraldsdootir et al., 2005);
- Pro-Children Questionnaire (adapted)
Holen et al., [47] Emotional and social skills
- coping strategies (distraction, social withdrawal, cognitive restructuring, self-criticism, blaming others, problem solving, emotional expression, wishful thinking, social support, resignation)
Psychological wellbeing indicators
- mental health (emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, perr problems, prosocial behaviors)
- demographics (parents’ socio-economic status (SES); childs’ sex) - Kidcope Questionnaire (Spirito et al., 1988) - children version (7-12 years);
- adaptation of Kidcope questionnaire – adolescent version (administered to parents)
- Strenghts and Difficulties Quationnaire (SDQ), (Goodman, 1997) (parents and teachers form)
Jones et al., [55] Emotional and social skills:
- Social-Cognitive Processes (hostile attribution biases; aggressive interpersonal negotiation strategies; normative beliefs about aggression);
- Aggressive and Prosocial Behaviors (child aggression; child social competence);
Psychological wellbeing indicators
- Social-Emotional Symptomatology (child ADHD symptoms; depressive symptoms; aggressive and prosocial fantasies);
Academic performance:
- academic skills;
- math and reading achievement;
- attendance rate
- household socioeconomic status (SES) risk index (single-parent household; less than high school education; poverty at or below 100% of the federal poverty level; unemployment);
- Community risk;
- Child behavioral risk;
- Children’ sociodemographics (gender; race/ethnicity);
- teacher’ burnout;
- teacher’ experience;
- classroom size
- 2 self-report questionnaires for hostile attribution biases and aggressive interpersonal negotiation strategies (adapted from the Home Interview Questionnaire (Dalhberg et al., 1998; Dodge, 1986)
- Normative beliefs about Aggression Scale (Huesmann & Guerra, 1997) (self report);
- ADHD Symptomatology Scale (Milch et al., 1982) (teacher report) for ADHD symptoms;
- Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Predictive Scales (Lucas et al., 2001) (self-report) for depressive symptoms;
- “What I Think” (Rosenfeld et al., 1982) (self-report) for aggressive and prosocial fantasies;
- Behavioral Assessment System for Children (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1998) (teacher report) for child aggression and conduct problems
- Social Competence Scale (CPPRG, 1999) (teacher report) for child social competence;
- 9 items adapted from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten (ECLS-K) for academic skills;
- New York State standardized assessment of math and reading achievement (standard reports);
- NYC Department of Education standard reports for attendance rate (school years 2004-2005; 2005-2006) ;
- parents’ report for SES risk index
- parent report on the Community Risk and Resources Questionnaire (Forehand et al., 2000);
- Teacher Burnout Inventory (Maslach et al., 1996)
Khalsha et al., [57] Psychological wellbeing indicators
- personality (emotional symptoms, school problems, internalizing problems, inattention/hyperactivity, personal adjustment, anxiety, anger control, mania, ego strenght);
- mood states;
Emotional and social skills:
- resilience;
- perceived stress;
- Self-confidence during Stress;
- Life Purpose and Satisfaction
- Self-Report of Personality (SRP) version of the Behavior assessment Survey for Children Version 2 (BASC-2)
- Profile of Mood States short form (POMS-SF);
- Resilience Scale (RS);
- Perceived Stress Scale (PSS);
- Inventory of Positive Psychological Attitudes-32R (IPPA)
Melnik et al.,
[59]
healthy behaviors
- phisical activity
- substance use (alcohol, marijuana);
academic performance
Psychological and physical wellbeing indicators
- depressive and anxiety symptoms;
- health grade
- overweight
- BMI
Emotional and social skills
- social skills (cooperation, assertion, academic competence);
- acculturation - pedometer steps;
- Healthy Lifestyles Behavior Scale (HLBS) (self report);
- Heights and Weights;
- Beck Youth Inventory II (self report);
- Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) (teacher report)
- questions about substances use from Youth Risk behavior Survey (self report);
- students’ health course grade (school records);
- acculturation, Habits, and Interests Multicultural Scale for Adolescents (AHIMSA) (self report)
Noogle et al., [60] Psychosocial Wellbeing indicators
- mood (Tension-Anxiety, Depression-Dejection, Anger-Hostility, Vigor-Activity, Fatigue- Inertia, Confusion-Bewilderment);
- affect (positive and negative);
Emotional and social skills
- perceived stress;
- positive psychological attitudes (self-confidence during stress; life purpose and satisfaction)
- Resilience;
- Anger expression
- Mindfulness
- Profile of mood States-Short Form (POMS-SF);
- Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for children (PANAS-C);
- Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
- Inventory of Positive Psychological Attitudes-32R (IPPA)
- 25 item Resilience Scele (RS);
- State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2);
- Child Acceptance and Mindfulness Measure (CAMM)
Shek et al. [54]
- see also: Shek et al., [71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76]
Emotional and social skills:
- bonding (BO);
- resilience (RE);
- social competence (SC);
- emotional competence (EC);
- cognitive competence (CC);
- behavioral competence (BC);
- moral competence (MC);
- self-determination (SD);
- self efficacy (SE);
- beliefe in the future (BF);
- clear and positive identity (CPI);
- spirituality (S);
- prosocial norms (PN);
- recognition for positive behavior (RPB)
- positive youth development (CPYDS-12) (bonding + resilience + social competence + emotional competence + cognitive competence + moral competence + self-efficacy + beliefs in the future + clear and positive identity + spititual + prosocial involvement + recognition for positive behavior);
- Psychosocial competence and strenghts (CPYDS-10) (resilience + social competence + emotional competence + cognitive competence + behavioral competence + moral competence + self determination + self efficacy + beliefs about the future + clear and positive identity);
- Behavioral competence and Moral competence (CYPDS-2);
- Cognitive-Behavioral Competence (CBC);
- Prosocial Attitude (PA);
- Positive Identity (PID);
- General Positive Youth Development Qualities (GPYDQ).
- Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale (CPYDS)
Werch et al., [45] Healthy behaviors:
- alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana consume;
- eating habits
- exercise,
Emotional and social skills
- stress management
- health quality of life
- self-image
- behavior coupling beliefs
- perceived peer prevalence and frequency of future comparisons
Academic performance
- personal development behaviors (college and career preparation)
- Personal Development and Health Survey 7
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