Social-Emotional Prevention Programs for Preschool Children's Behavior Problems
This book is aimed at exploring the relevance of social-emotional competencies for preventing preschool children’s behavior problems. The content provides an overview of how evidence from fundamental research on social-emotional competencies can be transl
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Catrinel Alice Stefan
Social-Emotional Prevention Programs for Preschool Children’s Behavior Problems
Catrinel Alice Ştefan
Social-Emotional Prevention Programs for Preschool Children’s Behavior Problems A Multi-level Efficacy Assessment of Classroom, Risk Group, and Individual Level
Catrinel Alice Ştefan Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania
ISBN 978-3-319-74750-7 ISBN 978-3-319-74751-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74751-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018930885 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover Design by Thomas Howey Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
This book approaches preschool children’s social-emotional development from both a theoretical and an applied perspective. It is intended to offer a step-by-step description of the process involved in translating theoretical knowledge about children’s social-emotional competencies into an effective intervention tool for school-based interventions. Such an undertaking is important due to several reasons. First, in spite of numerous research outcomes supporting the relevance of children’s social-emotional competencies for their mental health and school adjustment, interventions aiming to develop social-emotional skills are not yet part of systematic school-based prevention efforts. Second, a relatively large proportion of preventive interventions in schools are not developed by considering scientific evidence, nor do they rely on systematic assessment of their outcomes. And third, specifically for Romania, while the reforms within the educational system placed an emphas
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