Creating A Peaceful School Learning Environment

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood aggression and disruptive behaviour in the school setting; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15430198
• Lead Sponsor: The Menninger Clinic (USA)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Participants were students (grades one to five) in those elementary schools that volunteered to participate.
2. All students in these grades in the nine participating schools received those aspects of the intervention condition assigned to their school that did not require parent consent (i.e., the majority of intervention components were delivered as part of school curriculum).
3. All students were also invited to participate in the research components of the project.
4. In addition, parents of children in schools receiving Intervention A were asked to give permission for their child to participate in a specialised conflict management program referred to as ?Gentle Warrior Training.? Those students participated in research components and ?Gentle Warrior Training? (if in Intervention A schools) who provided child assent and whose parents gave permission for them to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

There were no exclusion criteria, with the exception of not allowing those children to participate in research components or ?Gentle Warrior Training? (if in Intervention A schools) who did not provide assent or whose parents declined informed consent to participate.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified