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dc.contributor.authorFossum, Sturla
dc.contributor.authorHandegård, Bjørn Helge
dc.contributor.authorDrugli, May Britt
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-25T12:20:39Z
dc.date.available2018-06-25T12:20:39Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-21
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to identify preventive effects of the Incredible Years (IY) teacher classroom management (TCM) programme, which is employed in Norwegian kindergartens for 3-year-old to 6-year-old children. IY TCM is a universal preventive intervention intended to reduce the frequency of inappropriate types of behaviour and support children’s social- and emotional competence in kindergartens and schools. IY TCM was implemented in 46 kindergartens and compared to 46 matched kindergartens that did not receive the intervention. A total of 1049 children took part in the trial, 511 from the IY TCM group and 538 from the comparison group. Children’s behaviours were measured using well-validated instruments at the beginning and end of a school-year cycle, approximately 9 months later. Findings showed promising reductions in aggression, internalising and attention problems, and increases in social competence in the IY TCM kindergartens. In a sub-sample comprising children who scored equal to or above the 90th percentile on aggressive behaviour before the intervention, promising developments were found in social competence among the children in IY TCM kindergartens. The IY TCM lead to promising preventive effects in young children’s aggressive behaviours, internalisation, attention problems, and social competence in kindergartens in Norway. However, even if the changes were statistically significant, effect sizes were small. For children with severe behaviour problems, few positive results were found.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNorwegian Directorate of Healthen_US
dc.descriptionAccepted manuscript version. Published version available in <a href=http://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0727-3> Journal of Child and Family Studies (2017) 26, p.2215-2223. </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationFossum, S., Handegård, B.H.H. & Drugli, M.B. (2017). The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Programme in Kindergartens: Effects of a Universal Preventive Effort. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 26(8), 2215-2223.en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1467486
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10826-017-0727-3
dc.identifier.issn1062-1024
dc.identifier.issn1573-2843
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/12992
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Child and Family Studies
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800en_US
dc.subjectThe Incredible yearsen_US
dc.subjectUniversal preventionen_US
dc.subjectKindergartensen_US
dc.subjectAggressive behaviouren_US
dc.subjectSocial competenceen_US
dc.titleThe Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Programme in Kindergartens: Effects of a Universal Preventive Efforten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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