Yhteispeli - Effectiveness Study on Promoting Childrens' Socio-emotional Skills in School

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare4,400 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this cluster randomised trial is to investigate whether the Yhteispeli whole school programme is effective in improving children's socio-emotional skills and mental health and socio-emotional skills. All Finnish elementary schools and their classes in 1-3 grades were invited to participate in the study. The schools were randomly allocated to receive either Yhteispeli programme or two lectures

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

4,400

Conditions

Children's Socio-emotional Skills and Psychiatric Symptoms

Interventions

Yhteispeli, whole school programmeOTHER

Two theoretical lecturesOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 7 YearsMax age: 10 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All children from volunteering elementary schools and classes (grades 1 to 3) whose parents gave consent to participate Exclusion Criteria: * None

Locations (1)

Olli Kiviruusu

Helsinki, Finland