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Muratori, Pietro; Giofrè, David; Bertacchi, Iacopo; Darini, Alessandra; Giuli, Consuelo; Lai, Elisa; Modena, Alessia; Lochman, John E.; Mammarella, Irene – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
The Coping Power Program is an evidence-based intervention for children identified to be at risk for developing externalizing behavioral problems. The Coping Power Program has been adapted to universally prevent behavioral problems in school-aged children. This study sought to test the efficacy of this adaptation, the Coping Power Universal…
Descriptors: Coping, Intervention, Behavior Problems, Preschool Children
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Ruini, Chiara; Vescovelli, Francesca; Facchini, Maria; Maset, Rossano – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2023
Various investigations have applied meditation protocols in the school context, with beneficial effects. Transcendental meditation, however, received little attention in primary school settings and few controlled studies are available. The present study is aimed: 1) to investigate the implementation of a school protocol (Quiet Time-QT) based on…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Well Being, Health Promotion, Metacognition
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Ginevra, Maria Cristina; Vezzali, Loris; Camussi, Elisabetta; Capozza, Dora; Nota, Laura – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
This prepost test experimental study examined the effectiveness of an intervention providing information about peers with sensory disability, intellectual disability, and behavioral difficulties (cognitive intervention), an intervention using imagined contact with peers with these disabilities (behavioral intervention), and an intervention…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Student Attitudes
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Pietro Muratori; Iacopo Bertacchi; Gennaro Catone; Francesca Mannucci; Annalaura Nocentini; Simone Pisano; John E. Lochman – Journal of Adolescence, 2020
Introduction: The present study examined the efficacy of the universal prevention version of the Coping Power Program in reducing behavioral and emotional problems and in promoting prosocial behaviors in middle-school classrooms. Methods: The study used a randomized control study design; and the sample included 839 middle-school Italian youths…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intervention, Prevention, Coping
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Muratori, Pietro; Lochman, John E.; Bertacchi, Iacopo; Giuli, Consuelo; Guarguagli, Elena; Pisano, Simone; Gallani, Anna; Mammarella, Irene C. – School Psychology International, 2019
The Coping Power Program has been adapted as a universal prevention model (Coping Power Universal) aimed to reduce children's behavioral difficulties in Italian primary and nursery classes. The current study aimed to determine whether the version of the Universal Coping Power for pre-schoolers could reduce behavioral problems in school and home…
Descriptors: Coping, Preschool Children, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Schneider, Barry H.; Manetti, Mara; Frattini, Laura; Rania, Nadia; Santo, Jonathan Bruce; Coplan, Robert J.; Cwinn, Eli – School Psychology International, 2014
Systematic, mandated facilitation of school transitions is an important but understudied aspect of the Reggio-Emilia approach to early childhood education admired internationally as best practice. We studied the links between Northern Italian transition practices and academic achievement, school liking, cooperativeness, and problem behaviors. We…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, Early Childhood Education