Effects of a universal classroom behavior management program in first and second grades on young adult behavioral, psychiatric, and social outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Good Behavior Game (GBG), a method of classroom behavior management used by teachers, was tested in first- and second-grade classrooms in 19 Baltimore City Public Schools beginning in the 1985-1986 school year. The intervention was directed at the classroom as a whole to socialize children to the student role and reduce aggressive, disruptive behaviors, confirmed antecedents of later substance abuse and dependence disorders, smoking, and antisocial personality disorder. This article reports on impact to ages 19-21.

Methods

In five poor to lower-middle class, mainly African American urban areas, three or four schools were matched and within each set randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) GBG, (2) a curriculum-and-instruction program directed at readi

SUBMITTER: Kellam SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2512256 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature