Early Primary Prevention of Conduct Problems

描述（由研究者提供）：本竞争性继续申请 要求资金来检查预防计划的长期有效性， 旨在防止学龄前儿童出现行为问题， 反社会行为的高风险。参与者被视为高风险 关于城市居住和哥哥姐姐是少年犯的事实。 最初的研究，“行为问题的早期初级预防”（1997-2002年）， 研究了以家庭为基础的多式联运的直接和短期影响， 预防性干预。基于社会互动的预防方案 学习理论，旨在改善父母的做法，亲子 互动，和儿童的社会能力，幼儿，在学校之前， 进入，以防止发展的行为问题，通常 在小学阶段就出现并结晶。 建议的跟进研究旨在研究行为的发展， 项目参与者的问题、社交能力和学校运作， 相对于对照组，从二年级到五年级。纵向评估 孩子们吗的行为是记录干预效果的关键 防止行为问题。据我们所知，这是唯一的 对照试验的干预措施，专门旨在防止 有家庭风险的城市贫困学龄前儿童行为问题的发展 因为品行问题拟议的后续行动将通报短期与 持续的预防效果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): This Competing Continuation application requests funds to examine the long-term efficacy of a prevention program designed to ward off the development of conduct problems in preschoolers at high risk for antisocial behavior. Participants are considered high risk based on urban residence and the fact that an older sibling is a juvenile delinquent. The original study, "Early Primary Prevention of Conduct Problems" (1997-2002), examines the immediate and short-term effects of a family-based multimodal preventive intervention. The prevention program, based on social interaction learning theory, aims to improve parenting practices, parent-child interactions, and child social competence in young children, prior to school entry, in order to prevent the development of conduct problems that typically emerge and crystallize during elementary school. The proposed follow-up study aims to examine the development of conduct problems, social competence and school functioning in program participants, relative to controls, from second through fifth grade. Longitudinal evaluation of children?s behavior is crucial for documenting effects of the intervention on the prevention of conduct problems. To our knowledge, this is the only controlled trial of an intervention that specifically aims to prevent the development of conduct problems in poor, urban preschoolers at familial risk for conduct problems. The proposed follow-up will inform on short-lived versus sustained preventive effects.