The authors propose a model of the prosocial classroom that highlights the importance of
teachers’ social and emotional competence (SEC) and well-being in the development and …

A comprehensive mission for schools is to educate students to be knowledgeable, responsible,
socially skilled, healthy, caring, and contributing citizens. This mission is supported by …

Posted 3/30/2001. The authors reviewed scores of primary prevention programs to identify
preventive interventions that had undergone quasi-experimental or randomized trials and …

This study examined the effectiveness of the PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking
Strategies) curriculum the emotional development of school-aged children. PATHS, a school-based …

This paper reports the results from a randomized clinical trial evaluating an adaptation of the
Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies curriculum (PATHS) for preschool-age children in …

The nature and quality of adolescents' attachments to peers and parents were assessed
with the newly developed Inventory of Adolescent Attachments. The relative influence on …

Preventive interventions focus on reducing risk and promoting protective factors in the child
as well as their cultural ecologies (family, classroom, school, peer groups, neighborhood, etc)…

The results of two studies are reported. Study I involved the development of the Inventory of
Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), a self-report instrument for use with adolescents. …

The importance of major life stress and minor daily hassles associated with parenting was
studied in 74 mothers and their 5‐year‐old children. Of interest were the relative and absolute …

This study examined the relationships of stress and social support to maternal attitudes and
early mother-infant interactive behavior. 52 mother-premature infant pairs and 53 mother-full-…