Self-control interventions for children under age 10 for improving self-control and delinquency and problem behaviors
Piquero AR, Jennings WG, Farrington DP · 2010
grade Cmeta-analysisindependentreplicated
Sample
34 randomised controlled studies covering 4,386 children aged 10 and under (31 United States, 2 Canada, 1 Israel), 1975-2008
Population
Children aged 10 and under.
Design
Campbell systematic review restricted to randomised controlled designs with post-test measures, with an exhaustive search including unpublished work. Superseded by the same team's 2016 update, which adds seven studies and reports the effect sizes this record could not obtain.
Key findings
Not extracted. The accessible summary states that self-control programmes are an effective intervention for improving self-control and reducing delinquency and problem behaviours, and that the effect appears robust across weighting procedures, across context and outcome source, and across published and unpublished data. The 117-page report itself was inaccessible, so no numeric effect is recorded here.
Genetic confound
Low for the randomised contrasts.
Replication notes
Extended and superseded by Piquero et al. 2016.
DOI / URL
10.4073/csr.2010.2
Effects
| Outcome | Metric | Value | Measure | Timing | Vs | Horizon | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-control and problem behaviour | not extracted | report inaccessible; effect sizes carried by the 2016 update instead | unclear | post-test | business-as-usual | end-of-treatment | unclear |