Research article summary (published 30 May 2003):

Environmental interventions to enhance student adjustment: implications for prevention.

Full Abstract

School settings, often the sites for the prevention of adverse outcomes or the promotion of adjustment, are usually not the actual targets of such interventions. However, some interventions focus on modifying the school or classroom environments themselves. This review examines such approaches, and considers how school regularities that might undermine student adjustment are addressed. The environmental interventions are clustered in terms of focus:
on student-student interactions, on teacher and peer influences, and on organizational function and structure. Reasons for the paucity of environmental change efforts and the inherent difficulties are discussed, and recommendations for creating ways to undertake future environmental interventions in schools are offered.

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Author information

Author/s: Berryhill, Joseph C (JC); Prinz, Ronald J (RJ);

Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research (Prev Sci), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 4 (issue 2) : pp 65-87

Dates: Created 2003/05/19; Completed 2003/08/20; Revised 2005/11/16;

PMID: 12751877, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Child Child Behavior Environment, Controlled Humans Interpersonal Relations Interprofessional Relations Learning Organizational Innovation Peer Group

Peer Group Primary Prevention - methods Safety Schools - organization & administration Social Adjustment Social Environment Students - psychology Teaching United States

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