Does the Animal Fun program improve social-emotional and behavioural outcomes in children aged 4-6 years?
Does the Animal Fun program improve social-emotional and behavioural outcomes in children aged 4-6 years?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.humov.2015.08.004
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发表时间：
2015-10-01
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2.1
通讯作者：
Straker, Leon
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作者：
Piek, Jan P.;Kane, Robert;Straker, Leon
动物的乐趣是为了提高运动和社会发展的幼儿。先前使用随机对照试验和多变量嵌套队列设计介绍了其在改善运动技能方面的疗效。根据环境压力假设，有人认为，该计划也将导致积极的心理健康结果，在目前的研究调查。记录了511名4.83-6.17岁儿童的干预前评分（M = 5.42，SD = 0.30）。干预组和对照组在干预后6个月进行比较，并在第一学年再次进行比较。教师评价的亲社会行为和总困难的变化进行了评估，使用的优势和困难问卷，并使用广义线性混合模型分析数据。有一个显着的改善，亲社会行为的儿童在干预组6个月后，初步测试，保持在18个月的后续行动。干预组的总困难在6个月时减少，在18个月时没有变化。这种效应仅存在于多动/注意力不集中子量表中。对照组的唯一显著变化是从干预前到18个月随访的多动/注意力不集中评分增加。动物乐趣计划似乎在改善社会和行为结果方面是有效的。(C)2015 Elsevier B. V.版权所有。
Animal Fun was designed to enhance motor and social development in young children. Its efficacy in improving motor skills was presented previously using a randomised controlled trial and a multivariate nested cohort design. Based on the Environmental Stress Hypothesis, it was argued that the program would also result in positive mental health outcomes, investigated in the current study. Pre-intervention scores were recorded for 511 children aged 4.83-6.17 years (M = 5.42, SD = .30). Intervention and control groups were compared 6 months following intervention, and again in their first school year. Changes in teacher-rated prosocial behaviour and total difficulties were assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and data analysed using Generalised Linear Mixed Models. There was a significant improvement in prosocial behaviour of children in the intervention group six months after initial testing, which remained at 18-month follow-up. Total difficulties decreased at 6 months for the intervention group, with no change at 18 months. This effect was present only for the hyperactivity/inattention sub-scale. The only significant change for the control group was an increase in hyperactivity/inattention scores from pre-intervention to 18-month follow-up. The Animal Fun program appears to be effective in improving social and behavioural outcomes. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.