The Positive Action Program: Outcomes and Mediators

描述(由申请者提供)：该项目将1)评估一个综合的，多年级的，多年计划的效果，积极行动 旨在减少学生问题行为(包括吸毒)的计划(PA 和暴力)，纪律转介和停职，以及学术 成绩不佳；2)评估该计划对 假定/理论中介变量；以及3)评估这些变化中的哪些 中介变量实际上中介了程序对行为的影响 和学校的表现。夏威夷学区已同意实施一项 PA方案的随机疗效试验。我们将随机分配学校给 来自地层的PA或控制条件与多个风险指标相匹配。帕 学校将获得为期四年的全面PA计划(2001-02学年至 2004-05学年)。这包括为所有学生提供的所有材料(所有 年级)、家庭、教师和校长，外加社区工具包；所有培训 对于教师和其他感兴趣的工作人员，以及持续的技术支持和 由PA工作人员进行监控。关于行为和学业成就的数据将 从所有学生的学校档案记录中获得所有年份的数据， 在适当的情况下，在研究之前的几年内。一年级学生 和3在200 1-02学年，他们的家长和老师也将 每年都会对该项目进行调查。受试者群体 将包含等量的男性和女性，以及成比例的 瓦胡岛上的主要民族(夏威夷人或部分夏威夷人、白人、亚洲人、 其他)。分析将测试程序对所有假设调解的影响 变量和结果，以及假设的中介路径。我们希望 申请继续参加竞赛继续学习，并遵循 年龄较小的一组进入初中，年龄较大的一组进入高中。

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.