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The effectiveness of the toward affective development program in creating an awareness of alternatives to psycho‐social situations in children
Author(s) -
LeCapitaine John E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198510)22:4<444::aid-pits2310220414>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - psychology , population , presentation (obstetrics) , sample (material) , developmental psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , chemistry , demography , chromatography , sociology , radiology
This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of selected lessons from the Toward Affective Development (TAD) program in creating an awareness of alternatives in psycho‐social situations. The experimenter utilized a sample consisting of 60 children randomly selected from a sixth‐grade population of 111 pupils. Treatment consisted of the presentation of 18 selected lessons from the program. Individual pretest and posttest measures were conducted in consonance with the Randomized Solomon Four‐Group Design. These measures consisted of the presentation of three pictures depicting different psycho‐social situations. Individual responses to these pictures were analyzed, using objective criteria to determine change in the awareness of alternatives. Posttest data subjected to a three‐way analysis of variance clearly indicated the positive effect of treatment, F (1, 168) = 194.10, p < .001.