This study investigated whether a social–emotional learning program, implemented over a one-year period, could lead to gains in social–emotional competencies and to a reduction in internalizing and externalizing problems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the program analyzed how students (boys vs. girls) with varying levels of social–emotional competencies and externalizing and internalizing...
This quasi-experimental exploratory study investigated whether a social–emotional learning program, implemented during a 1-year period, could lead to gains in social–emotional competencies and a reduction in internalizing and externalizing problems. Furthermore, it showed which pupils would benefit most from the program. The program was applied to 213 fourth-grade Portuguese pupils. One hundred five controls fo...
Neste artigo apresenta-se um programa de prevenção do abuso sexual implementado na Casa Pia de Lisboa e respectiva avaliação e discutem-se, ainda, critérios para a avaliação de programas. No estudo de avaliação utilizou-se um design longitudinal quantitativo, por questionário, com dois momentos, pré e pós-teste, com seis meses de intervalo entre si. Os participantes (N=188),do 3º ao 6º ano, foram distribuidos a...
This article presents a sexual abuse prevention program implemented in the Casa Pia, Lisbon and its respective evaluation. It also discusses criteria for evaluating programs. This study used a quantitative longitudinal design, by means of a questionnaire, with two pre and post-test evaluation points spaced over a six-month interval. The participants, namely 188 students from 3rd to 6th grades, were randomly ass...