Yhteispeli: Intervention Effectiveness on Elementary School Childrens' Socio-emotional Skills and Psychiatric Symptoms
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Children's Socio-emotional Skills and Psychiatric Symptoms
- Sponsor
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
- Enrollment
- 4400
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in children's socio-emotional skills
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this cluster randomised trial is to investigate whether the Yhteispeli whole school programme is effective in improving children's socio-emotional skills and mental health and socio-emotional skills.
All Finnish elementary schools and their classes in 1-3 grades were invited to participate in the study. The schools were randomly allocated to receive either Yhteispeli programme or two lectures
Investigators
Olli Kiviruusu
Research Manager
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All children from volunteering elementary schools and classes (grades 1 to 3) whose parents gave consent to participate
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in children's socio-emotional skills
Time Frame: 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline
A set of socio-emotional skills tests A set of questions regarding bullying
Change in children's psychiatric symptoms
Time Frame: 6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline
SDQ - The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in teacher and work community (occupational) wellbeing(6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline)
- Change in children's emotion recognition (and processing)(6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline)
- Change in children's executive functions(6 months after baseline and 18 months after baseline)