Enhancing prosocial behaviors, reducing aggression: Effects of CEPIDEAS junior in primary school

IF 2.2 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101835

Giovanni Maria Vecchio , Federica Zava , Antonio Zuffianò , Maria Gerbino , Concetta Pastorelli , Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri , Gian Vittorio Caprara

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Prosocial behavior is crucial for positive development, protecting against negative outcomes throughout childhood and adolescence. The CEPIDEAS Junior program (Emotional and Prosocial Competence: An Idea for School) is a school-based intervention based on Social Cognitive Theory, which promotes prosocial behaviors in primary school by integrating its contents into the regular curriculum. Adopting a quasi-experimental design, this study evaluated the effects of the program on prosocial and aggressive behaviors among N = 858 primary school children (381 girls, M = 8.46 years). The intervention group included 435 children (198 girls, M = 8.44 years), while the control group had 423 children (183 girls, M = 8.49 years). Using teacher ratings and self-reports, the results of two bivariate Latent Difference Score models showed the positive impact of the program on prosocial and aggressive behaviors. These results confirm the efficacy of the CEPIDEAS Junior demonstrating the benefits of integrating prosocial into the school curriculum.

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增强亲社会行为，减少攻击行为：CEPIDEAS初中生对小学生的影响

亲社会行为对积极发展至关重要，在整个童年和青春期防止消极后果。CEPIDEAS初级项目（情感和亲社会能力：一个学校的想法）是一项基于社会认知理论的学校干预，通过将其内容融入常规课程，促进小学亲社会行为。本研究采用准实验设计，对858名小学生（381名女生，M = 8.46岁）的亲社会行为和攻击行为进行了评价。干预组435例（女孩198例，M = 8.44岁），对照组423例（女孩183例，M = 8.49岁）。利用教师评价和自我报告，两个双变量潜在差异评分模型的结果显示了该计划对亲社会行为和攻击行为的积极影响。这些结果证实了CEPIDEAS Junior的有效性，证明了将亲社会融入学校课程的好处。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.