School Climate and Implementation of a Preventive Intervention |
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Authors: | Anne Gregory David B Henry Michael E Schoeny |
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Institution: | (1) Curry School of Education, Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia, 405 Emmet Street, Ruffner Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA;(2) University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | Although there has been wide dissemination of research-based psychosocial prevention programs, a similarly strong research
base to guide program implementation has been lacking. Program implementation has been particularly difficult for schools,
due partly to insufficient understanding of how school ecologies interact with these programs. This study examined the effects
of multiple dimensions of school climate on level and rate of change in implementation of a violence prevention intervention
across three school years. Using multi-level modeling, the study found that teacher-reported support between staff and among
teachers and students predicted higher average levels of implementation. Teacher-reported administrative leadership predicted
greater growth in implementation across 3 years. Findings offer implications for an ecological model of program implementation
that considers school-level contextual effects on adoption and sustainability of new programs in schools.
The Metropolitan Area Child Study Research Group is a collaboration of (in alphabetical order) Leonard Eron, University of
Michigan; Nancy Guerra, University of California, Riverside; David Henry, University of Illinois at Chicago; L. Rowell Huesmann,
University of Michigan; Patrick Tolan, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Richard VanAcker, University of Illinois at
Chicago. |
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Keywords: | Program implementation School climate Violence prevention |
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