TY - JOUR
T1 - Universal Coping Power for pre-schoolers
T2 - Effects on children's behavioral difficulties and pre-academic skills
AU - Muratori, Pietro
AU - Lochman, John E.
AU - Bertacchi, Iacopo
AU - Giuli, Consuelo
AU - Guarguagli, Elena
AU - Pisano, Simone
AU - Gallani, Anna
AU - Mammarella, Irene C.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - The Coping Power Program has been adapted as a universal prevention model (Coping Power Universal) aimed to reduce children's behavioral difficulties in Italian primary and nursery classes. The current study aimed to determine whether the version of the Universal Coping Power for pre-schoolers could reduce behavioral problems in school and home contexts, and could produce transfer effects on children's pre-academic skills. The sample included 102 five-year-old children who attended six pre-school classes located in Rovigo (Italy). Classes were randomly assigned to the intervention or to the control condition. Both parents and teachers indicated a significant reduction in behavioral problems for Coping Power classes, and teachers rated improvement in children's pre-mathematics, and language abilities. The results of this study are promising, suggesting pre-schoolers' social-emotional and pre-academic skills may benefit from the Universal Coping Power program.
AB - The Coping Power Program has been adapted as a universal prevention model (Coping Power Universal) aimed to reduce children's behavioral difficulties in Italian primary and nursery classes. The current study aimed to determine whether the version of the Universal Coping Power for pre-schoolers could reduce behavioral problems in school and home contexts, and could produce transfer effects on children's pre-academic skills. The sample included 102 five-year-old children who attended six pre-school classes located in Rovigo (Italy). Classes were randomly assigned to the intervention or to the control condition. Both parents and teachers indicated a significant reduction in behavioral problems for Coping Power classes, and teachers rated improvement in children's pre-mathematics, and language abilities. The results of this study are promising, suggesting pre-schoolers' social-emotional and pre-academic skills may benefit from the Universal Coping Power program.
KW - aggressive behaviour
KW - Coping Power Program
KW - pre-schooler
KW - prevention
KW - school
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U2 - 10.1177/0143034318814587
DO - 10.1177/0143034318814587
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058999884
VL - 40
SP - 128
EP - 144
JO - School Psychology International
JF - School Psychology International
SN - 0143-0343
IS - 2
ER -