The Positive Action Program: Outcomes and Mediators

描述（由申请人提供）：本项目将1）评估疗效 一个全面的，多层次的，多年的计划，积极行动， 一个旨在减少学生问题行为（包括吸毒）的计划 和暴力），纪律转介和暂停，以及学术 （2）评估项目对学生的影响; 假设/理论中介变量;和3）评估这些变化中的哪一个 在中介变量中， 和学校表现。夏威夷学区同意实施一项 PA项目的随机疗效试验。我们将随机分配学校， PA或对照条件来自多个风险指标匹配的分层。PA 学校将接受为期四年的全面PA计划（2001-02至 2004-05学年）。这包括所有学生的所有材料（在所有 年级），家庭，教师和校长，加上社区工具包;所有培训 为教师和其他感兴趣的工作人员，和持续的技术支持， 由一名PA工作人员进行监控。行为和学业成绩的数据将 从学校档案记录中获得所有学生的所有年份， 在适当的情况下，在研究前几年。一年级学生 及3名学童，他们的家长及老师亦会 通过每年的调查来完成这个项目。受试者人群 将包含相同比例的男性和女性，以及比例数量的 奥陶洛斯岛上的主要种族群体（夏威夷人或部分夏威夷人，白色人，亚洲人， 其他）。分析将测试所有假设中介的程序效果 变量和结果，以及假设的中介途径。我们期望 申请竞争性继续学习，并遵循 年轻人进入中学，年长的人进入高中。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will 1) evaluate the efficacy of a comprehensive, multi-grade, multi-year program, the Positive Action program (PA) designed to reduce student problem behaviors (including drug use and violence), disciplinary referrals and suspensions, and academic underachievement; 2) evaluate the effects of the program on the presumed/theoretical mediator variables; and 3) assess which of these changes in mediator variables actually mediate the effects of the program on behavior and school performance. The Hawaiian school district has agreed to implement a randomized efficacy trial of the PA program. We will randomly assign schools to PA or control conditions from strata matched on multiple indicators of risk. PA schools will receive the full PA program for four years (the 2001-02 through 2004-05 school years). This includes all materials for all students (at all grades), families, teachers, and principal, plus community kits; all training for teachers and other interested staff, and continuous technical support and monitoring by a PA staff person. Data on behavior and academic achievement will be obtained from school archival records for all students for all years and, where appropriate for several years prior to the study. Students in grades 1 and 3 in the 200 1-02 school year and their parents and teachers will also be followed through the project with surveys every year. The subject population will contain equal portions of males and females, and proportionate numbers of the major ethnic groups on Oahu (Hawaiian or part Hawaiian, white, Asian, Other). Analyses will test for program effects on all hypothesized mediating variables and outcomes, and the hypothesized mediational pathways. We expect to apply for a competitive continuation to continue the study and follow the younger cohort into middle school and the older cohort into high school.