Sample size: 245 students (120 program, 125 control)
Risk Status: The sample of 245 boys were in the top 31% of teachers’ ratings of children’s aggressive and disruptive behaviors.
Demographics:
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Program |
Control |
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Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
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Grade level |
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Kindergarten |
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Grade 1 |
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Grade 2 |
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Grade 3 |
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Grade 4 |
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Grade 5 |
120 |
49% |
125 |
51% |
Grade 6 |
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Grade 7 |
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Grade 8 |
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Grade 9 |
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Grade 10 |
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Grade 11 |
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Grade 12 |
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Mean Age |
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Race-ethnicity |
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African-American |
92 |
38% |
99 |
40% |
American Indian |
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Asian/Pacific Islander |
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Hispanic |
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White |
28 |
11% |
26 |
11% |
Other |
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Socioeconomic status |
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Subsidized lunch |
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No subsidized lunch |
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Disability status |
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Speech-language impairments |
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Learning disabilities |
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Behavior disorders |
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Mental retardation |
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Other |
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Not identified with a disability |
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ELL status |
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English language learner |
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Not English language learner |
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Gender |
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Female |
40 |
16% |
48 |
20% |
Male |
80 |
33% |
76 |
31% |
Training of Instructors: The group sessions were co-led by a grant-funded staff school-family program specialist and a school guidance counselor. All grant-funded staff, as well as school counselors, received a 10-hour training program prior to the start of, and during, intervention, and received weekly scheduled supervision of their intervention work.