Long-term evaluation of a bimodal universal prevention program: Effects on antisocial development from kindergarten to adolescence

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 429-449

  Lösel, Friedrich ^a,b   Stemmler, Mark ^b   Bender, Doris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Causal regression analyses; Child skills training; Delinquency; Developmental prevention; Long term evaluation; Parent training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888050398     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-013-9192-1     Document Type: Article

References (85)

1. Achenbach, T. M. (2006). As others see us: clinical and research implications of cross-informant correlations for psychopathology. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 94-98.
2. Aos, S., Lieb, R., Mayfield, J., Miller, M., & Pennucci, A. (2004). Benefits and costs of early intervention programs for children and youth. Olympia: Washington State Institute of Public Policy.
3. Beelmann, A. (2003). Effektivität behavioraler Elterntrainingsprogramme: Ergebnisse zweier Pilotstudien zur Prävention dissozialen Verhaltens. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 50, 310-323.
4. Beelmann, A. (2008). The effect of parent training programs in the prevention and treatment of antisocial behavior in childhood and adolescence. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference of Psychology and Law, 2-5 July 2008, Maastricht, NL.
5. Beelmann, A. (2012). The scientific foundation of prevention: The status quo and future challenges for developmental prevention. In T. Bliesener, A. Beelmann, & M. Stemmler (Eds.), Antisocial behavior and crime: Contributions of developmental and evaluation research to prevention and intervention (pp. 137-163). New York: Hogrefe.
6. Beelmann, A., & Lösel, F. (2004). Elterntraining zur Förderung der Erziehungskompetenz. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Institut für Psychologie.
7. Beelmann, A., Jaursch, S., & Lösel, F. (2004). Ich kann Probleme lösen: Soziales Trainingsprogramm für Vorschulkinder. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Institut für Psychologie.
8. Beelmann, A., Lösel, F., Stemmler, M., & Jaursch, S. (2006). Beurteilung von sozialen Verhaltensproblemen und Erziehungsschwierigkeiten im Vorschulalter. Eine Untersuchung zur deutschen Adaptation des Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI). Diagnostica, 52, 189-198.
9. Boisjoli, R., Vitaro, F., Lacourse, E., Barker, E. C., & Tremblay, R. E. (2007). Impact and clinical significance of a preventive intervention for disruptive boys: 15-year follow-up. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191, 415-419.
10. Bühler, A., Kötter, C., Jaursch, S., & Lösel, F. (2011). Prevention of familial transmission of depression: EFFEKT-E, a selective program for emotionally burdened families. Journal of Public Health, 19, 321-327.
11. Cangelosi, J. S. (1996). Classroom management strategies. Gaining and maintaining students cooperation. New York: Longman.
12. Cohen, M. A., & Piquero, A. R. (2009). New evidence on the monetary value of saving a high risk youth. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 25, 25-49.
13. Coid, J. W. (2003). Formulating strategies for the primary prevention of adult antisocial behaviour: "High risk" or "population" strategies? In D. P. Farrington & J. W. Coid (Eds.), Early prevention of adult antisocial behaviour (pp. 32-78). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
14. Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2002). Evaluation of the first 3 years of the Fast Track Prevention Trial with children at high risk for adolescent conduct problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 19, 553-567.
15. Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2004). The effects of the Fast Track Program on serious problem outcomes at the end of elementary school. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33, 650-661.
16. Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2010). Fast Track intervention effects on youth arrests and delinquency. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 6, 131-157.
17. Dishion, T. J., & Patterson, S. G. (1996). Preventive parenting with love, encouragement and limits. The preschool years. Eugene: Castalia.
18. Döpfner, M., Lorch, R., & Reihl, D. (1989). Soziale Informationsverarbeitung in Konfliktsituationen - eine empirische Studie an Vorschulkindern. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 3, 239-248.
19. Durlak, J. A., & DuPre, E. P. (2008). Implementation matters: a review of research on the influence of implementation on program outcomes and the factors affecting implementation. American Journal of Community Psychology, 41, 327-350.
20. Eckenrode, J., Campa, M., Luckey, D. W., Henderson, C. R., Jr., Cole, R., Kitzman, H., Anson, E., Sidora-Arocleo, K., Powers, J., & Olds, D. (2010). Long-term effects of prenatal and infancy nurse home visitation on the life course of youths: 19-year follow-up of a randomized trial. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 164, 9-15.
21. Eisner, M. (2009). No effects in independent prevention trials: can we reject the cynical view? Journal of Experimental Criminology, 5, 163-183.
22. Eisner, M., Ribeaud, D., Jünger, R., & Meidert, U. (2007). Frühprävention von Gewalt und Aggression. Zürich: Rüegger.
23. Farrington, D. P., & Welsh, B. C. (2003). Family-based prevention of offending: a meta-analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 36, 127-151.
24. Farrington, D. P., & Welsh, B. C. (2007). Saving children from a life of crime. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
25. Farrington, D. P., & Welsh, B. C. (2013). Randomized experiments in criminology: What has been learned from long-term follow-ups? In B. C. Welsh, A. A. Braga, & G. N. Bruinsma (Eds.), Experimental criminology: Prospects for advancing science and public policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. in press.
26. Farrington, D. P., Ohlin, L. E., & Wilson, J. Q. (1986). Understanding and controlling crime: Toward a new research strategy. New York: Springer.
27. Farrington, D. P., Lösel, F., & Ttofi, M. (2013). What have we learned from systematic reviews of developmental prevention? Paper presented at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium, June 2013, Stockholm Sweden.
28. Fisher, P. A., Ramsay, E., Antoine, K., Kavanagh, K., Winebarger, A., Eddy, J. M., & Reid, J. B. (1997). Success in parenting: A curriculum for parents with challenging children. Eugene: Oregon Social Learning Center.
29. Hacker, S., Lösel, F., Stemmler, M., Jaursch, S., Runkel, D., & Beelmann, A. (2007). Training im Problemlösen (TIP): Implementation und Evaluation eines sozial-kognitiven Kompetenztrainings für Kinder. Heilpädagogische Forschung, 23, 11-21.
30. Hahn, R., Fuqua-Whitley, D., Wethington, H., Lowy, J., Crosby, A., Fullilove, M., Johnson, R., Liberman, A., Moscicki, E., Price, L., Snyder, S., Tuma, F., Cory, S., Stone, G., Mukhopadhaya, K., Chattopadhyay, S., Dahlberg, L., & Task Force on Community Preventive Services (2007). Effectiveness of universal school-based programs to prevent violent and aggressive behavior: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33, 114-129.
31. Hawkins, J. D., Catalano, R. F., Kosterman, R., Abbott, R., & Hill, K. G. (1999). Preventing adolescent health-risk behaviors by strengthening protection during childhood. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescence Medicine, 153, 226-234.
32. Hawkins, D. J., Brown, E. C., Oesterle, S., Arthur, M. W., Abbott, R. D., & Catalano, R. F. (2008). Early effects of communities that care on targeted risks and initiation of delinquent behavior and substance use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43, 15-22.
33. Henggeler, S. W., Schoenwald, S. K., Borduin, C. M., Rowland, M. D., & Cunningham, P. B. (2009). Multisystemic treatment of antisocial behavior in children and adolescents (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
34. Kazdin, A. E. (2000). Perceived barriers to treatment participation and treatment acceptability among antisocial children and their families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 9, 157-174.
35. Kleinke, C., Stemmler, M., Reinecke, J., & Lösel, F. (2011). Efficient ways to impute incomplete panel data. Advances in Statistical Analysis, 95, 351-373.
36. Knerr, W., Garner, F., & Cluver, L. (2013). Improving positive parenting skills and reducing harsh and abusive parenting in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Prevention Science, 14 (available online).
37. Koehler, J. A., Lösel, F., Humphreys, D. K., & Akoensi, T. D. (2013). A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of young offender treatment programs in Europe. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 9, 19-43.
38. Loeber, R., Farrington, D. P., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & White, H. R. (2008). Violence and serious theft: Development and prediction from childhood to adulthood. New York: Routledge.
39. Lösel, F. (1975). Handlungskontrolle und Jugenddelinquenz: Persönlichkeitspsychologische Erklärungsansätze delinquenten Verhaltens - theoretische Integration und empirische Prüfung. Stuttgart: Enke.
40. Lösel, F. (2002). Risk/need assessment and prevention of antisocial development in young people: Basic issues from a perspective of cautionary optimism. In R. Corrado, R. Roesch, S. D. Hart, & J. Gierowski (Eds.), Multiproblem violent youth (pp. 35-57). Amsterdam: IOS Press/NATO Series.
41. Lösel, F. (2007). Doing evaluation in criminology: Balancing scientific and practical demands. In R. D. King & E. Wincup (Eds.), Doing research on crime and justice (2nd ed., pp. 141-170). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
42. Lösel, F. (2012a). Entwicklungsbezogene Prävention von Gewalt und Kriminalität: Ansätze und Wirkungen. Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Kriminologie, 6, 71-84.
43. Lösel, F. (2012b). Offender treatment and rehabilitation: What works? In M. Maguire, R. Morgan, & R. Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of criminology (5th ed., pp. 986-1016). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
44. Lösel, F., & Beelmann, A. (2003). Effects of child skills training in preventing antisocial behavior: a systematic review of randomized evaluations. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 587, 84-109.
45. Lösel, F., & Beelmann, A. (2005). Social problem-solving programmes for preventing antisocial behaviour in children and youth. In M. McMurran & J. McGuire (Eds.), Social problem solving and offending: Evidence, evaluation and evolution (pp. 127-143). Chichester: Wiley.
46. Lösel, F., & Beelmann, A. (2006). Child social skills training. In B. C. Welsh & D. P. Farrington (Eds.), Preventing crime: What works for children, offenders, victims, and places (pp. 33-54). Dordrecht: Springer.
47. Lösel, F., & Bender, D. (2003). Protective factors and resilience. In D. P. Farrington & J. W. Coid (Eds.), Early prevention of adult antisocial behaviour (pp. 130-204). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
48. Lösel, F., & Bender, D. (2006). Risk factors for serious juvenile violence. In A. Hagell & R. Jeyarah Dent (Eds.), Children who commit acts of serious interpersonal violence: Messages for practice (pp. 42-72). London: Jessica Kingsley.
49. Lösel, F., & Bender, D. (2012). Child social skills training in the prevention of antisocial development and crime. In D. P. Farrington & B. C. Welsh (Eds.), Handbook of crime prevention (pp. 102-129). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
50. Lösel, F., & Farrington, D. P. (2012). Direct protective and buffering protective factors in the development of youth violence. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(2S1), 8-23.
51. Lösel, F., & Schmucker, M. (2002). Assessor's biases. In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychological assessment (Vol. 1, pp. 98-101). London: Sage.
52. Lösel, F., & Stemmler, M. (2012). Preventing child behavior problems in the Erlangen-Nuremberg Development and Prevention Study: results from preschool to secondary school age. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 6, 214-224.
53. Lösel, F., Beelmann, A., Jaursch, S., Koglin, U., & Stemmler, M. (2005a). Entwicklung und Prävention früher Probleme des Sozialverhaltens: Die Erlangen-Nürnberger Studie. In M. Cierpka (Ed.), Möglichkeiten der Gewaltprävention (pp. 201-249). Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht.
54. Lösel, F., Stemmler, M., Beelmann, A., & Jaursch, S. (2005b). Aggressives Verhalten im Vorschulalter: Eine Untersuchung zum Problem verschiedener Informanten. In I. Seiffge-Krenke (Ed.), Aggressionsentwicklung zwischen Normalität und Pathologie (pp. 141-167). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
55. Lösel, F., Beelmann, A., Stemmler, M., & Jaursch, S. (2006a). Prävention von Problemen des Sozialverhaltens im Vorschulalter: Evaluation des Eltern- und Kindertrainings EFFEKT. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 35, 127-139.
56. Lösel, F., Schmucker, M., Plankensteiner, B., & Weiss, M. (2006b). Bestandsaufnahme und Evaluation der Elternbildung. Berlin: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend.
57. Lösel, F., Stemmler, M., Jaursch, S., & Beelmann, A. (2009). Universal prevention of antisocial development: short- and long-term effects of a child- and parent-oriented program. Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 92, 289-308.
58. Lundahl, B., Risser, H. J., & Lovejoy, M. C. (2006). A meta-analysis of parent training: moderators and follow-up effects. Clinical Psychology Review, 26, 86-104.
59. McCord, J. (2003). Cures that harm: unanticipated outcomes of crime prevention programs. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 587, 16-30.
60. Nowak, A. E., & Heinrichs, N. (2008). A comprehensive meta-analysis of Triple P-Positive Parenting Program using hierarchical linear modeling: effectiveness and moderating variables. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 11, 114-144.
61. Offord, D. R. (2000). Selection of levels of prevention. Addictive Behaviors, 25, 833-842.
62. Olds, D. L., Henderson, C. R., Cole, R., Eckenrode, J., Kitzman, H., Luckey, D., Pettitt, L., Sidora, K., Morris, P., & Powers, J. (1998). Long-term effects of nurse home visitation on children's criminal and antisocial behavior. Journal of the American Medical Association, 280, 1238-1244.
63. Olds, D. L., Kitzman, H., Hanks, C., Cole, R., Anson, E., Sidora-Arcoleo, K., Luckey, D. W., Henderson, C. R., Jr., Holmberg, J., Tutt, R. A., Stevenson, A. J., & Bondy, J. (2007). Effects of nurse home visiting on maternal and child functioning: age-9 follow-up of a randomized trial. Pediatrics, 120, 832-845.
64. Petrosino, A., & Soydan, H. (2005). The impact of program developers as evaluators on criminal recidivism: results from meta-analyses of experimental and quasi-experimental research. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 1, 435-450.
65. Piquero, A. R., Farrington, D. P., Welsh, B. C., Tremblay, R., & Jennings, W. G. (2009). Effects of early family/parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 5, 83-120.
66. Runkel, D., Lösel, F., Stemmler, M., & Jaursch, S. (2013). Preventing social behavior problems in children from deprived migrant families: evaluation of a child and parent training in Europe. (under review).
67. Sanders, M. R., Markie-Dadds, C., Bor, W., & Tully, L. A. (2000). The Triple P-Positive Parenting Program: a comparison of enhanced, standard, and self-directed behavioral family intervention for parents of children with early onset conduct problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 624-640.
68. Schmucker, M., & Lösel, F. (2011). Meta-analysis as a method of systematic reviews. In D. Gadd, S. Karstedt, & S. F. Messner (Eds.), The Sage handbook of criminological research methods (pp. 425-443). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
69. Schweinhart, L. J., Montie, J., Xiang, Z., Barnett, W. S., Belfield, C. R., & Nores, M. (2005). Lifetime effects: The High/Scope Perry Preschool study through age 40. Ypsilanti: High/Scope Press.
70. Scott, S., Knapp, M., Henderson, J., & Maughan, B. (2001). Financial cost of social exclusion: follow-up study of antisocial children into adulthood. British Medical Journal, 323, 191-194.
71. Shelton, K. K., Frick, P. J., & Wootton, J. (1996). Assessment of parenting practices in families of elementary school-age children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 25, 317-329.
72. Shure, M. B. (1990). The PIPS-test manual. A cognitive measure of interpersonal problem-solving ability for four to six year old children. Philadelphia: Hahneman University, Department of Mental Health Sciences.
73. Shure, M. B. (1992). I can problem solve: An interpersonal cognitive problem-solving program: Kindergarten & primary grades. Champaign: Research Press.
74. Stemmler, M., Lösel, F., Beelmann, A., Jaursch, S., & Zenkert, B. (2005). Child problem behavior in kindergarten and in primary school: a comparison between prediction configural frequency analysis and multiple regression. Psychology Science, 47, 467-478.
75. Stemmler, M., Beelmann, A., Jaursch, S., & Lösel, F. (2007). Improving the family environment to prevent child behavior problems: a study on the parent training of the EFFEKT program. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 210, 563-570.
76. Stemmler, M., Kötter, C., Bühler, A., Jaursch, S., Beelmann, A., & Lösel, F. (2012). Prevention of familial transmission of depression through a family oriented programme targeting parenting as well as the child's social competence. Journal of Children's Services, 8, 5-20.
77. Steyer, R., & Partchev, I. (2008). EffectLite: 3. 0 - Software und user's manual. University of Jena.
78. Steyer, R., Gabler, S., von Davier, A., Nachtigall, C., & Buhl, T. (2000). Causal regression models I: individual and average causal effects. Methods of Psychological Research Online, 5, 39-71.
79. Sundell, K., Hansson, K., Andrée Löfholm, C., Olsson, T., Gustle, L.-H., & Kadesjö, K. (2008). The transportability of multisystemic therapy to Sweden: short-term results from a randomized trial of conduct-disordered youths. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 550-560.
80. Tremblay, R. E., Vitaro, F., Gagnon, C., Piché, C., & Royer, N. (1992). A prosocial scale for the preschool behavior questionnaire: concurrent and predictive correlates. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 15, 227-245.
81. Tremblay, R. E., Pagani-Kurtz, L., Vitaro, F., Masse, L. C., & Pihl, R. O. (1995). A bimodal preventive intervention for disruptive kindergarten boys: its impact through mid-adolescence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, 560-568.
82. Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., & Tremblay, R. E. (2001). Preventive intervention: assessing its effects on the trajectories of delinquency and testing for mediational processes. Applied Developmental Science, 5, 201-213.
83. Webster-Stratton, C., Reid, M. J., & Hammond, M. (2004). Treating children with early-onset conduct problems: intervention outcomes for parent, child, and teacher training. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33, 105-124.
84. Wilson, S. J., & Lipsey, M. W. (2007). School-based interventions for aggressive and disruptive behavior: update of a meta-analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33, 130-143.
85. Wilson, D. B., Gottfredson, D. C., & Najaka, S. S. (2001). School-based prevention of problem behaviors: a meta-analysis. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 17, 247-272.