Thesis
Effectiveness of the incredible years training series on social competence: A meta-analytic review
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102347
Abstract
The Incredible Years parent, teacher, and child training series was developed by Dr. Carolyn Webster-Stratton to prevent, reduce, and treat conduct problems and to increase social competence in children. The training series is grounded in social learning theory and provides group discussions, videotaped vignettes, and rehearsal time for adults that are in close proximity to children aged two to eight. Although, originally developed to treat and prevent conduct problems, there are a reasonable number of articles that investigated the effect of the Incredible Years training series on measures of social competence. Therefore, the present meta-analytic review aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Incredible Years training series with regard to preschoolers aged three to six on social competence, and the explained variability in intervention outcomes. Fifteen studies, in which an intervention group received a component of the Incredible Years training series was compared to a comparison group immediately after intervention, were included in analyses. Overall analysis of the weighted mean of all statistically independent effect sizes, revealed a small statistically significant effect on social competence scores with the Incredible Years training series (g = .17, p < .01). Specifically, the use of Incredible Years training series was associated with higher social competence scores in comparison when the study was conducted in USA (g = .27), low (5.10 or less) mean age in years (g =. 30), Incredible Years parent training and Incredible Years teacher or class training components (g = .35), 12 or more training sessions offered (g = .33), 2 or more hours per session (g = .33), high fidelity (g = .27), wait-list condition (g = .32), SCBE scale (g =. 43), and high reliability of scale (g =.32). Findings indicate that the incredible years training series is successful in improving social competence. However, the results from “Classic Fail-Safe N” suggest that publication bias poses a significant threat to the validity of the findings reported in this meta-analysis.
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- Title
- Effectiveness of the incredible years training series on social competence
- Creators
- Carlos Joe Anguliano
- Contributors
- Olusola O. Adesope (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525096501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis