Promoting young children?s social and emotional competence and preventing conduct problems
- Conditions
- Conduct problems in childrenMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN35476268
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of the West Indies (Jamaica)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 216
Community preschools (catering to 3 - 6 year old children) will be included in the study if the school principal and all teachers are willing to participate and if the school:
1. Is situated in a defined disadvantaged, urban area of Kingston and St Andrew
2. Has 3 or 4 classes of children
3. Has a minimum of 20 children in each class
Three children from each class will be selected for evaluation of outcomes. Teachers in each class will rate the behaviour of all children in their class on 10 questions for conduct problems using age-appropriate items from the ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders: Diagnostic criteria for research. Children with the highest scores will be included in the evaluation.
All community preschools who meet the inclusion criteria are eligible for participation. Children will be excluded if:
1. They have an attendance rate of less than 70%
2. They have an identified disability
3. They live in a children's home or place of safety
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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