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Intervention to Strengthen Emotional Self-Regulation in Children with Emerging Mental Health Problems: Proximal Impact on School Behavior

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Wyman, Peter A., Cross, Wendi, Hendricks Brown, C., Yu, Qin, Tu, Xin, Eberly, Shirley·2010·Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Abstract

A model for teaching children skills to strengthen emotional self-regulation is introduced, informed by the developmental concept of scaffolding. Adult modeling/instruction, role-play and in vivo coaching are tailored to children’s level of understanding and skill to promote use of skills in reallife contexts. Two-hundred twenty-six kindergarten—3rd grade children identified with elevated behavioral and social classroom problems from a population-based screening participated in a waitlisted randomized trial of the Rochester Resilience Project derived from this model. In 14 lessons with school-based mentors, children were taught a hierarchical set of skills: monitoring of emotions; selfcontrol/ reducing escalation of emotions; and maintaining control and regaining equilibrium. Mentors provided classroom reinforcement of skill use. Multi-level modeling accounting for the nesting of children in schools and classrooms showed the following effects at post-intervention: reduced problems rated by teachers in behavior control, peer social skills, shy-withdrawn and off-task behaviors (ES 0.31–0.47). Peer social skills improved for girls but not for boys. Children receiving the intervention had a 46% mean decrease in disciplinary referrals and a 43% decrease in suspensions during the 4-month intervention period. Limitations and future directions to promote skill transfer are discussed.

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A school-based, wait-listed randomized trial tested the Rochester Resilience Project, a 14-lesson mentoring intervention teaching kindergarten–3rd graders emotional self-regulation skills. It found medium-sized improvements in teacher-rated classroom behavior and reductions in disciplinary referrals and suspensions over the 4-month intervention.

Key findings

  • Children receiving the intervention showed improved teacher-rated functioning at post-intervention: Task Orientation ES=0.33, Behavior Control ES=0.31, Assertive vs. Withdrawn Behaviors ES=0.37, and Peer Social Skills ES=0.47.
  • Peer social skills improved for girls but not boys: girls had a large intervention effect (ES=0.90; 95% CI 0.30, 1.49, p<0.001), while boys did not.
  • Children in the intervention had a 46% mean decrease in office disciplinary referrals and a 43% mean decrease in suspensions during the 4-month intervention period.
  • For disciplinary referrals, the intervention reduced the frequency of events rather than the propensity to have any referral; for suspensions, it reduced both the likelihood of suspension and the frequency.

Methods

  • Population-based screening of kindergarten–3rd grade children in two urban elementary schools identified 285 screen-positive children; 261 enrolled, and 226 completed follow-up. Participants were randomized within classrooms to immediate intervention or wait-list control.
  • The intervention consisted of 14 weekly individual lessons with school-based Resilience Mentors, teaching emotion monitoring, self-control/reducing escalation, and maintaining control/regaining equilibrium, with classroom reinforcement of skill use.
  • Outcomes included teacher ratings on the Teacher-Child Rating Scale and school records of office disciplinary referrals and out-of-school suspensions. Analyses used three-level linear mixed-effects models accounting for nesting of children in classrooms and schools, zero-inflated Poisson regression for count outcomes, and cluster analysis of baseline problem patterns.

Limitations

  • The paper states that teachers, the primary source of outcome information, were aware of whether children were receiving intervention or were controls, so teacher expectations cannot be ruled out as a source of bias; teachers’ knowledge could also have influenced disciplinary referrals.
  • The paper states that reliance on teacher ratings limited capture of children’s internalizing problems, and the wait-listed design did not provide evidence about intervention impact after the intervention period.
  • The paper notes that it did not ascertain the extent to which children used learned skills or maintained gains beyond the 4-month intervention; it also states that reasons for girls benefiting more than boys on peer social skills are unknown, and all Mentors were female.
  • Evident from the text: the sample came from two elementary schools in one mid-sized city, with 61.5% Black, 25.7% Hispanic, 8.4% White, and 4.4% other children, and 90% eligible for free or reduced lunch, which may limit generalizability.

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    Few skill-focused interventions have demonstrated long-term generalized benefits.

    “However, few have demonstrated long-term generalized benefits.”
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    Few conceptual models have addressed the specific processes involved in teaching children cognitive and behavioral skills in interventions.

    “Few conceptual models have addressed the specific processes involved in teaching children cognitive and behavioral skills in interventions.”
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    Aggressive behavior is more likely to occur if a child escalates his/her anger, but may also occur under calm emotional conditions.

    “Aggressive behavior, for example, is more likely to occur if a child escalates his/her anger, but may also occur under calm emotional conditions.”
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    Children require adult guidance and reinforcement in choosing adaptive behaviors.

    “Consequently, children require adult guidance and reinforcement in choosing adaptive behaviors.”
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    Within our context, the percent of structural zeros represent the subgroup that was not at risk for the count outcome of interest such as disciplinary referrals.

    “Within our context, the percent of structural zeros represent the subgroup that was not at risk for the count outcome of interest such as disciplinary referrals.”
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    Emotion self-regulation skills are tools to assist children in reducing problems but are not necessarily sufficient.

    “The intervention model conceptualizes emotion self-regulation skills as tools to assist children in reducing problems but not necessarily sufficient.”
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  1. Cross, W., West, J., Wyman, P., A., & Schmeelk-Cone, K. (2009). Disaggregating and measuring implementer adherence and competence. Paper presentation and the second annual NIH Conference on Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Bethesda, MD, January 28.
  2. Perkins, P. E., & Hightower, A. D. (2000). Improving the assessment of children’s problem behaviors and competencies: Refinement of the Teacher–Child Rating Scale, Presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association Anaheim, CA.

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Authors
Wyman, P. A., Cross, W., Hendricks Brown, C., Yu, Q., Tu, X., & Eberly, S.
Affiliations
University of Rochester Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Wyman, Peter A.
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Published
2010-02-24
Volume
38
Issue
5
Pages
707-720
ISSN
  • 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2835
OpenAlex
W2007888945
Cited by
166
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH068423, T32MH018911, R01MH040859, K23MH073615)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Keywords
emotion regulation, scaffolding, school-based intervention, student misbehavior, emotional monitoring, school discipline referrals, school suspension, skill transfer, role play, adult modeling, multilevel modeling
MeSH terms
Child, Child Behavior, Emotions, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Schools, Social Behavior, Social Control, Informal, Social Environment, Resilience, Psychological

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