Social-emotional Skills for Thriving and Relating at School (SSTRS) Program for Kindergarteners
This study is looking at whether a program called Social-emotional Skills for Thriving and Relating at School (SSTRS) can help children entering kindergarten. The SSTRS Program is designed to improve children's social-emotional skills, which are important for good mental health. Researchers also want to see if parents who participate in SSTRS develop more positive parenting skills. The study will compare children who receive the SSTRS Program in their kindergarten classes to those who follow the regular kindergarten curriculum. They will measure children's social-emotional skills and mental health, and parents' parenting skills. You may be able to join if your child is entering kindergarten in a participating school. The study aims to enroll 150 participants.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 150 participants. It compares the SSTRS Program to the regular kindergarten curriculum.
- What's involved
- Kindergarteners will have daily SSTRS lessons in their classes for 8 weeks. Parents will complete questionnaires at the start, after 2 months, and after 9 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Parents will be followed for 9 months after the start of the study. Teachers will also provide information at 9 months.
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Increasing Kindergarten Social-Emotional Skills for Positive Long-Term Mental Health
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06908330
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Oregon Social Learning Center
Eugene, Oregonstudy coordinator listed
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Katherine Pears, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Oregon Social Learning Center
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What this trial measures
- Strengths & Difficulties QuestionnaireParents will complete the measure at baseline, 2 months post-baseline at the end of the intervention and 9 months post-baseline. Teachers will complete the measure at 9 months post-baseline.
Parent and teacher report on the 25-item measure yields five subscales: Emotional Symptoms Scale (scores range 0-10, high scores indicate more problems), Conduct Problems Scale (scores range 0-10, high scores indicate more problems), Hyperactivity Scale (scores range 0-10, high scores indicate more problems) , Peer Problems Scale (scores range 0-10, high scores indicate more problems), and Prosocial Scale (scores range 0-10, high scores indicate better social skills). A Total Difficulties Score can also be derived by summing all of the scales except the Prosocial Scale resulting in a score raniging from 0 to 40 with higher scores denoting greater difficulties.
- Office discipline referralsThese will be collected at 9 months post-baseline.
These are records of referrals for serious behaviors within the school setting. They are administartive records.