Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Effectiveness of Universal Self-regulation–Based Interventions in Children and Adolescents
Originally published 2018-06-01 · JAMA Pediatrics
American Medical Association (AMA) · DOI 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0232 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
What does intervention research say about helping children practice self-regulation?
Self-regulation is a practical developmental capacity underlying increasing independence. This review provides intervention evidence while distinguishing parenting and family programs from the other intervention types pooled in the review.
Who was studied?
49 randomized trials evaluating 50 universal self-regulation interventions in varied settings.
Age / stage: Children and adolescents aged 0–19 years across included trials
Read with three questions
- Which intervention categories included parents or families?
- How were self-regulation and later health or social outcomes assessed?
- Why should pooled results across different intervention types not be attributed to parenting alone?
Keep the limits in view
Measures and interventions were heterogeneous, the search was limited to published English-language studies, and many studies were from the United States. The pooled effect is not a test of TRICK or of autonomy-supportive parenting alone.
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Anuja Pandey; Daniel Hale; Shikta Das; Anne-Lise Goddings; Sarah-Jayne Blakemore; Russell M Viner (2018). Effectiveness of Universal Self-regulation–Based Interventions in Children and Adolescents JAMA Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0232
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