A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Preschoolers with or at Risk of Early Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Early social–behavioral intervention that emphasizes social skill training is critical to addressing emotional and behavioral problems in early childhood. In this meta-analysis review, we examined all the social skills intervention studies for preschoolers with, or at risk of, emotional and behavior...
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| author | Xin Dong Mack D. Burke Gilbert Ramirez Zhihong Xu Lisa Bowman-Perrott |
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| description | Early social–behavioral intervention that emphasizes social skill training is critical to addressing emotional and behavioral problems in early childhood. In this meta-analysis review, we examined all the social skills intervention studies for preschoolers with, or at risk of, emotional and behavioral problems using group designs. This review included 25 studies that met the inclusion criteria. The robust variance estimation method was used to calculate the overall effect size of all the included studies, as this method can count for the pre-existing difference between the experiment and control groups. The included studies yielded an overall effect of 0.54 from the 151 effect sizes that were obtained for the 3484 preschool participants. Curriculum, integration, and treatment fidelity were identified as significant moderators of effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd145539b9164598bdb6c3df8a1142722023-11-24T14:29:29ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-11-01131194010.3390/bs13110940A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Preschoolers with or at Risk of Early Emotional and Behavioral ProblemsXin Dong0Mack D. Burke1Gilbert Ramirez2Zhihong Xu3Lisa Bowman-Perrott4Department of Teacher Education, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70301, USASchool of Education, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76706, USADepartment of Global Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USADepartment of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USADepartment of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USAEarly social–behavioral intervention that emphasizes social skill training is critical to addressing emotional and behavioral problems in early childhood. In this meta-analysis review, we examined all the social skills intervention studies for preschoolers with, or at risk of, emotional and behavioral problems using group designs. This review included 25 studies that met the inclusion criteria. The robust variance estimation method was used to calculate the overall effect size of all the included studies, as this method can count for the pre-existing difference between the experiment and control groups. The included studies yielded an overall effect of 0.54 from the 151 effect sizes that were obtained for the 3484 preschool participants. Curriculum, integration, and treatment fidelity were identified as significant moderators of effects.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/11/940social skills interventionspreschoolersemotional and behavioral problemsmeta-analysis |
| spellingShingle | Xin Dong Mack D. Burke Gilbert Ramirez Zhihong Xu Lisa Bowman-Perrott A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Preschoolers with or at Risk of Early Emotional and Behavioral Problems Behavioral Sciences social skills interventions preschoolers emotional and behavioral problems meta-analysis |
| title | A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Preschoolers with or at Risk of Early Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_full | A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Preschoolers with or at Risk of Early Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_fullStr | A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Preschoolers with or at Risk of Early Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Preschoolers with or at Risk of Early Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_short | A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Interventions for Preschoolers with or at Risk of Early Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_sort | meta analysis of social skills interventions for preschoolers with or at risk of early emotional and behavioral problems |
| topic | social skills interventions preschoolers emotional and behavioral problems meta-analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/11/940 |
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