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The effect of the level of aggression in the first grade classroom on the course and malleability of aggressive behavior into middle school

Abstract: This paper is on the influences of the classroom context on the course and...

The short-term impact of two classroom-based preventive interventions on aggressive and shy behaviors and poor achievement

Two classroom-based preventive interventions were carried out on an epidemiolgically defined, varied population of children...

The Good Behavior Game: A Best Practice Candidate as a Universal Behavioral Vaccine

A “behavioral vaccine” provides an inoculation against morbidity or mortality, impacting physical, mental, or behavior...

Effects of a universal classroom behavior management program in first and second grades on young adult behavioral, psychiatric, and social outcomes.

Background The Good Behavior Game (GBG), a method of classroom behavior management used by teachers,...

The impact of the Good Behavior Game, a universal classroom-based preventive intervention in first and second grades, on high-risk sexual behaviors and drug abuse and dependence disorders into young adulthood.

The Good Behavior Game (GBG), a method of teacher classroom behavior management, was tested in...

Developmentally inspired drug prevention: middle school outcomes in a school-based randomized prevention trial.

Prior investigations have linked behavioral competencies in primary school to a reduced risk of later...

Developmentally inspired drug prevention: middle school outcomes in a school-based randomized prevention trial.

Prior investigations have linked behavioral competencies in primary school to a reduced risk of later...

The impact of two universal randomized first-and second-grade classroom interventions on young adult suicide ideation and attempts.

This paper reports the impact of two first- and second-grade classroom based universal preventive interventions...

Proximal impact of two first-grade preventive interventions on the early risk behaviors for later substance abuse, depression, and antisocial behavior.

We assessed the immediate effects of two universal, first-grade preventive interventions on the proximal targets...

Reducing aggression and impulsivity through school-based prevention programs: a gene by intervention interaction.

A variety of school-based, universal preventive interventions have been developed to address behavioral and mental...