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Citizenship Competencies in the Midst of a Violent Political Conflict: The Colombian Educational Response
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Chaux as discussed by the authors examined the effect that an environment replete with violent political conflict has on children and examined the case of Colombia and an educational initiative that attempted to foster stronger citizenship competencies among its students.Abstract:
In this article, Enrique Chaux considers the effect that an environment replete with violent political conflict has on children. He cites literature that points to higher levels of aggressive and violent behaviors among children in these settings. Then he examines the case of Colombia and an educational initiative that attempted to foster stronger citizenship competencies among its students. The program, Aulas en Paz, experienced success in lowering aggressive behaviors in students and increasing citizenship competencies among its participants.read more
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The impact of armed conflict on economic performance Evidence from Rwanda
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IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 Assessment Framework
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TL;DR: Positive school climate related positivity to adolescents' prosocial behavior over time and adolescents with higher levels of perceived positive school climate at age 12 showedHigher levels of prosocial behaviors in the following year.
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No Safe Haven II: The Effects of Violence Exposure on Urban Youth
Mary Schwab-Stone,Chuansheng Chen,Ellen Greenberger,David Silver,Judith H. Lichtman,Charlene Voyce +5 more
TL;DR: The longitudinal analysis suggested that exposure to violence reported at time 1 was related to adolescents' internalizing symptoms and externalizing behavior 2 years later and indicates links to a range of psychiatric symptoms and indicators of poor adjustment.
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First Do No Harm: Adverse Effects of Grouping Deviant Youth for Skills Training
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TL;DR: This article reviewed four types of evidence from published literature that supports the conclusion that grouping deviant youth for treatment may produce unintended, harmful effects. But, they did not consider the role of deviant peers in the socialization of aggressive youth, studies reporting adverse treatment effects for grouped interventions, studies comparing treatment outcomes that differed in the extent to which participants were grouped with deviant adolescents, and studies that highlight variables that mediate negative treatment outcomes.
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A bimodal preventive intervention for disruptive kindergarten boys: its impact through mid-adolescence.
TL;DR: In this paper, disruptive kindergarten boys from inner-city low socioeconomic neighborhood schools were randomly allocated to a preventive intervention and control condition, which included a home-based parent training component and a school-based social skills training component.
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Witnessed community violence and antisocial behavior in high-risk, urban boys.
Laurie S. Miller,Gail A. Wasserman,Richard Neugebauer,Deborah Gorman-Smith,Dimitra Kamboukos +4 more
TL;DR: Boys' reports of witnessing community violence were significantly positively related to changes over 15 months in child antisocial behavior, even after controlling for the possible effects of 3 aspects of parent-child interactions shown to be related to problematic child behavior.
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