Promoting young children’s social and emotional competence and preventing conduct problems

ISRCTN ISRCTN35476268
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN35476268
Secondary identifying numbers 080534
Submission date
31/07/2009
Registration date
11/08/2009
Last edited
20/03/2013
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Helen Baker-Henningham
Scientific

Epidemiology Research Unit
University of the West Indies
Mona
Kingston
7
Jamaica

Study information

Study designCluster randomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Other
Study typeQuality of life
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titlePromoting young children’s social and emotional competence and preventing conduct problems: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Study objectivesA school-based, universal preventative intervention for 3 - 6 year old children aimed at reducing conduct problems and promoting social and emotional competence will lead to improvements in:
1. The behaviour of children who are at high risk for developing conduct problems at home and at school
2. Teachers' practices in preventing and remediating children's conduct problems and promoting children's social and emotional competence
3. Parents' involvement in school
Ethics approval(s)University Hospital of the West Indies/University of the West Indies/Faculty of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee approved on the 16th April 2009 (ref: ECP 222, 2008/2009)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedConduct problems in children
InterventionThe intervention is based on The Incredible Years Teacher Training Programme and will be delivered over the 2009/2010 academic year. The intervention will start in November 2009 and continue until May 2010. Teachers will attend monthly teacher training workshops throughout the intervention period and will be visited monthly in their classrooms.

Teachers in the control schools receive no training but are provided with additional educational materials.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureChild behaviour through direct observation at school at baseline (beginning of the school year) and at follow up (end of the school year). Observations will include event recording of child aggression and child friendship skills, scan sampling of child disruptive behaviour and ratings of children's conduct problems, activity level, engagement in learning activities and ability to follow classroom rules and expectations.
Secondary outcome measures1. Child behaviour through teacher and parent report at baseline and follow up using The Eyberg and Sutter/Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventories and The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
2. Child social skills (using the Preschool and Kindergarten Behaviour Scales: social skills scale) and child ADHD (using the Conners ADHD index) by teacher report at baseline and follow up
3. Teacher's positive and negative interactions with children at high risk for developing conduct problems measured through direct observation (event sampling) at baseline and follow up
4. Teachers classroom management practices at baseline and follow up measured through direct observation. These teacher observations include event sampling of teachers' use of positive and negative strategies and observer ratings of the teachers' behaviour and classroom atmosphere.
5. Parent involvement in school at follow up measured by parent report
Overall study start date01/05/2009
Completion date31/07/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupChild
Lower age limit3 Years
Upper age limit6 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants24 community preschools, 216 children
Key inclusion criteriaCommunity preschools (catering to 3 - 6 year old children) will be included in the study if the school principal and all teachers are willing to participate and if the school:
1. Is situated in a defined disadvantaged, urban area of Kingston and St Andrew
2. Has 3 or 4 classes of children
3. Has a minimum of 20 children in each class

Three children from each class will be selected for evaluation of outcomes. Teachers in each class will rate the behaviour of all children in their class on 10 questions for conduct problems using age-appropriate items from the ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders: Diagnostic criteria for research. Children with the highest scores will be included in the evaluation.
Key exclusion criteriaAll community preschools who meet the inclusion criteria are eligible for participation. Children will be excluded if:
1. They have an attendance rate of less than 70%
2. They have an identified disability
3. They live in a children's home or place of safety
Date of first enrolment01/05/2009
Date of final enrolment31/07/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Jamaica

Study participating centre

Epidemiology Research Unit
Kingston
7
Jamaica

Sponsor information

University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
University/education

c/o Professor Susan Walker
Epidemiology Research Unit
Tropical Medicine Research Institute
Mona
Kingston
7
Jamaica

http://mona.uwi.edu/
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Funders

Funder type

Charity

The Wellcome Trust (UK) (ref: 080534)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/08/2012 Yes No
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