The Effectiveness of a Dutch School-based Prevention Program on Social-emotional Skills and Juvenile Delinquency in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effectiveness of a Dutch School-based Prevention Program on Social-emotional Skills and Juvenile Delinquency in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the prevention program Kapot Sterk is effective.
Given the growing concerns about youth's involvement in criminal behavior, there is a strong need for effective interventions to prevent it. However, knowledge about the effectiveness of prevention programs for juveniles is currently lacking. Incredibly Strong (translate as Kapot Sterk) is a prevention program designed to improve self-esteem, self-control, and resistance to peer pressure among pupils in elementary schools. By enhancing these social-emotional skills, the program ultimately aims to reduce youths' vulnerability to recruitment and involvement in criminal activities. The effects of Incredibly Strong on juvenile delinquency and other life domains are investigated, using a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Inclusion Criteria:
Every pupil who meets the inclusion criteria for the intervention program can participate in the study. The program is for pupils in their last or second-to-last year of elementary school.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants are younger than 10 years old or older than 13 years old.