Coping Power Universal
Problems addressed
Externalizing behaviors/problems
Internalizing behaviors/problems
Low social–emotional competences
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Children (4 to 13 years)
Where the program was applied
Education establishment
Country of application
United States
Italy
Description

This is a school-based social and emotional education program designed to prevent behavioral problems in schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 11.
Teachers apply the program in the classroom to the whole class. This version of the program does not include an intervention component aimed at parents or guardians. The program is delivered in 24 weekly sessions focused on skills related to understanding and communicating emotions as a basic aspect of self-management.

Impact evaluations

Impact evaluation studies have shown a significant reduction in attention and hyperactivity problems, as well as an improvement in prosocial behavior, 12 months after the intervention [1] [2]. Effects have also been documented in terms of reduced emotional problems in the beneficiaries of the program [3], and significant reductions in conduct problems and peer conflicts, as assessed by teachers [3] [4].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Muratori, P., Bertacchi, I., Giuli, C., Lombardi, L., Bonetti, S., Nocentini, A., Manfredi, A., Polidori, L., Ruglioni, L., Milone, A. & Lochman, J. E. (2015). First adaptation of coping power program as a classroom-based prevention intervention on aggressive behaviors among elementary school children. Prevention Science, 16(3), 432–439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0501-3

[2] Muratori, P., Bertacchi, I., Giuli, C., Nocentini, A., Ruglioni, L. & Lochman, J. E. (2016). Coping Power Adapted as Universal Prevention Program: Mid Term Effects on Children's Behavioral Difficulties and Academic Grades. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 37(4), 389–401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-016-0435-6

[3] Muratori, P., Bertacchi, I., Giuli, C., Nocentini, A. & Lochman, J. E. (2017). Implementing Coping Power Adapted as a Universal Prevention Program in Italian Primary Schools: A Randomized Control Trial. Prevention Science, 18(7), 754–761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-016-0715-7

[4] Muratori, P., Bertacchi, I., Masi, G., Milone, A., Nocentini, A., Powell, N. P., Lochman, J. E., Jones, S., Kassing, F. & Romero, D. (2019). Effects of a universal prevention program on externalizing behaviors: Exploring the generalizability of findings across school and home settings. Journal of School Psychology, 77, 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2019.09.002

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