«We'd like to replicate the program on a larger scale and are working on ways to extend
the positive effect of the intervention.
The results of the new study are notable because
positive effects of an intervention, especially one that aims to improve self - regulation and academic achievement, can be difficult for researchers to find, said McClelland, the Katherine E. Smith Healthy Children and Families Professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences.
We have found and reported short - term
positive effects of this intervention package on behavior, school bonding, and achievement of children receiving the intervention during grades 1 through 4.28,29 We have also found positive effects on children from low - income families at the end of grade 6.30
Doherty et al43 found significant
positive effects of the intervention on intrusiveness [0.37 (0.03 to 0.71)-RSB- and dyadic synchrony [0.46 (0.12 to 0.81)-RSB-, but no significant effects on total score, warmth and emotional support, engagement with child and positive affect.
At the 10 - year follow - up, Aronen and Kurkela found significant and
positive effects of the intervention on CBCL total and broadband scales: Total [0.42 (0.08 to 0.76)-RSB-, Internalising [0.39 (0.05 to 0.73)-RSB- and Externalising [0.36 (0.02 to 0.70)-RSB-.
Parenting behavior and children's social cognitive skills that had previously emerged as proximal outcomes at the end of the 1st year of intervention continued to show
positive effects of the intervention at the end of third grade.
Though children with high CU traits are less responsive to parenting training intervention [26], a range of studies have reported
positive effects of interventions at these ages [27, 28].
Not exact matches
It may be that part
of what produces
positive results in health - based
interventions like the Nurse - Family Partnership, or read - with - your - kids programs, or even the Jamaican experiment, is that they involve home visitors urging parents to play and read and talk more with their infants — to engage in more serve - and - return moments, in other words — and those up - close parental interactions may have the
effect of promoting secure attachment, even if attachment was not the intended target
of the
intervention.
Fletcher (2009) found that an
intervention with a father whose partner was depressed not only improved the quality
of his parenting (with inevitable
positive impact on his baby's mental health) but also had
positive knock - on
effects on the quality
of mother - infant interactions in that household.
However, although these
intervention programs do show
positive effects on both infant and mother / family, the beneficial
effect was only short termed (peaking at 6 weeks
of age).
The
effect of these kinds
of supports on home visitors has not been well studied, but some research on similar
interventions indicates implementation
of evidence - based practices with fidelity monitoring and supportive consultation predicts lower rates
of staff turnover, as well as lower levels
of staff emotional exhaustion relative to services as usual.29, 30,31 Moreover, a supportive organizational climate has been associated with more
positive attitudes toward adoption
of evidence - based programs.32
And in fact, a larger - scale study suggests that simply implementing a bedtime routine without any behavioural
interventions for infants can have significant
positive effects for the sleep
of the baby and the parents» well - being [8].
In a systematic review
of school - based
interventions aimed at modifying knowledge, attitudes, social norms and intentions to breastfeed, researchers concluded that «Overall, these studies demonstrated
positive effects on perceptions and attitudes toward breastfeeding and increased behavioral intention
of breastfeeding later in life.
Recent trials reviewed here find
positive effects of a variety
of family - related
interventions focused on parental guidance.
From
intervention side
of things targeted awareness campaigns in high risk populations have had
positive effects.
But, importantly, much
of this research goes further to propose solutions and show where
interventions have a
positive effect.
For buprenorphine, the results were «less robust» — only three
of eight studies found
positive effects of psychosocial
interventions.
Development
of a healthy gut microbiota can have a lifelong
effect on health, and early
intervention in the establishment
of that microbiota could have lifelong
positive effects: The early establishment
of bifidobacteria has been shown to be associated with improved immune response to vaccines, development
of the infants» immature immune system, and protection against pathogens.
Overall, studies in the field indicate that children from low - income families tend to show the most gains from social emotional learning
interventions, but results for other groups
of students are more mixed, although a number
of studies show
positive effects.
This is the first study to demonstrate that behavioral
interventions can have a
positive effect on brain function in people with cognitive disability caused by MS, an important step in validating the clinical utility
of cognitive rehabilitation.
Various types
of meditation have been shown to improve well - being among different populations such as physicians and the general public.14, 15, 16 Preliminary evidence suggests that meditation - based
interventions may slow cellular aging rates by increasing telomerase activity, but many such studies lacked an active control group.17, 18 Recent randomized trials in breast cancer suggest that long - term intensive meditation
interventions might have
positive effects on telomerase activity.
Further study is needed to develop strategies for extending the
positive effects of this cognitive
intervention in rehabilitative care.»
This is a 1st step on the way to vindicating the
positive effects of programs like the Blue Gym and Green Gym, as well as innovative
interventions by practitioners which include outdoor exercising as part
of holistic treatments for those experiencing depression and similar mental conditions.
All dietary
intervention studies in MS so far were either negative in terms
of slowing disease progression or showed only a
positive trend without major
effects.
And when that is the case, if the body, «detoxifying has no appreciable
positive effect on failing liver or kidneys, those body functions require medical
intervention like dialysis to assist with detoxification
of the body....
Global perceived
effect scores were higher for the
intervention group and 29
of 32 words
of descriptive feedback included
positive words regarding foam rolling.
Expanding school choice has been shown to improve achievement for minority students by about one - third
of a standard deviation after a few years
of intervention, according to seven
of eight random - assignment evaluations (the eighth showed
positive but statistically insignificant
effects).
Of the program - and policy - based alternatives to exclusionary discipline, Steinberg and Lacoe report the most evidence for, and positive effects from, the Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program, a strategy that aims to change a school culture by setting clear behavioral expectations, laying out a continuum of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive behavio
Of the program - and policy - based alternatives to exclusionary discipline, Steinberg and Lacoe report the most evidence for, and
positive effects from, the Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program, a strategy that aims to change a school culture by setting clear behavioral expectations, laying out a continuum of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive b
positive effects from, the Schoolwide
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program, a strategy that aims to change a school culture by setting clear behavioral expectations, laying out a continuum of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive b
Positive Behavioral
Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program, a strategy that aims to change a school culture by setting clear behavioral expectations, laying out a continuum
of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing positive behavio
of consequences for infractions, and reinforcing
positive b
positive behavior.
The EEF will now discuss with the Switch - on team options for developing and testing an alternative model for scaling the
intervention that can be delivered in many schools, but with the same
positive effects of the smaller trial.
This meta - analysis
of social and emotional learning
interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning
interventions had the following
effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more
positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).
Both REACH
interventions had a
positive effect on the reading skills
of the pupils in the trial.
Still, Mr. West noted that it's not certain whether the false
positives come from mistakes that make sense in context — for example, a high - performing student who gets chicken pox and misses two weeks
of school — or the
effect of interventions to help at - risk students in later grades.
If I had to bet on which
intervention is most likely to work at scale, I'd be inclined to bet on a massive data set that found
positive effects on test scores rather than a very narrow data set
of three studies where only two study found higher degree attainment.
But amidst the search for a kinder and gentler education politics, research demonstrating the
positive effect of these New York City strategies makes the moral case clear for an incoming President and for states and districts rethinking education policies: The American education system presents intolerably long odds to low - income children attending persistently struggling schools, and sometimes the most appropriate response to dramatic failure is dramatic
intervention.
That said,
intervention publishers are not required to verify that an
intervention has scientific evidence
of its
positive effects prior to making it available for purchase.
One meta - analysis
of an anger management
intervention shows a
positive effect on behaviour but an overall negative
effect on learning.
In the review, Mindfulness - Based
Interventions for Improving Cognition, Academic Achievement, Behavior and Socioemotional Functioning of Primary and Secondary Students, the authors found that mindfulness - based interventions have a statistically significant positive effect on cognitive and socioemotional processes for students, but that they do not improve behavior or academic
Interventions for Improving Cognition, Academic Achievement, Behavior and Socioemotional Functioning
of Primary and Secondary Students, the authors found that mindfulness - based
interventions have a statistically significant positive effect on cognitive and socioemotional processes for students, but that they do not improve behavior or academic
interventions have a statistically significant
positive effect on cognitive and socioemotional processes for students, but that they do not improve behavior or academic performance.
This surely contributes to the erosion
of positive effects of schooling
interventions.
Michael Rich, MD, MPH is Founder and Director
of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital Boston, committed to pursuing research, developing
interventions on negative health
effects of media, and creating health -
positive media.
«10,000 fewer deaths per day is likely a consequence
of two things —
positive interventions, and the
effect of increasing deaths.»
10,000 fewer deaths per day is likely a consequence
of two things —
positive interventions, and the increasing
effect development.
A new analysis
of the Abecedarian preschool program, one
of the oldest and most cited U.S. early childhood
intervention programs, shows
positive effects on adult health.
Some
positive effects were seen, but the reporting
of these analyses was generally incomplete, with an emphasis on
positive intervention effects.
There was also no evidence that
interventions of high intensity confer more benefit than those
of lower intensity as no dose — response relationship was evident: programmes
of greater intensity (in terms
of length, number or type
of components) did not show more
positive intervention effects than programmes
of lower intensity.
One study was classified as being at high risk
of bias, and this examined a low intensity
intervention.44 Inconsistent
positive intervention effects were seen in this study, with most
of these in one subgroup only.
The RCT study design with an active comparison group (controlling for
positive adult instructor and group activity) and comparable groups at baseline provides a high level
of confidence that the improvements seen in the MBSR arm are due specifically to the mindfulness aspects
of the
intervention, as opposed to baseline differences and / or other nonspecific
intervention effects.
Similarly, the
intervention had a
positive effect on parents» sense
of competence in parenting.
In this direction, some recent studies investigated that children and adolescents who attended educational programs focused on the promotion
of self - efficacy in life skills reduced the onset
of at - risk and maladaptive behaviors (Griffin et al., 2003; Botvin & Griffin, 2004; Yankah & Aggleton, 2008; Menrath et al., 2012; Jegannathan, Dahlblom, & Kullgren, 2014): it was possible to observe a significant and
positive effect for the reduction
of health - risk behaviors in the
intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy
of school - based on life skills programs.
Transition to school is seen as one
of the best stages in a child's life to measure child development and well - being.12 — 14 Research has established that children at higher risk for suboptimal development can be better prepared for initial success at school through early childhood education, family support, paediatric and allied healthcare
interventions and child health programmes.15 When children come to school with the developmental capacity to take advantage
of the education system, coupled with a high - quality education system, the initial
positive effects persist into adolescence and adulthood.15
Eight studies used 15 standardized psychiatric or behavioral symptom scales as their measure
of outcome and in six studies, the
intervention had a significant
positive effect.