Program Profile: Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS®)

This prevention program promotes emotional and social competencies and reduces aggression and behavior problems in children.

Evidence Rating: Effective | More than one study

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This prevention program promotes emotional and social competencies and reduces aggression and behavior problems in children. The program is rated Effective. Statistically significant findings included lower peer-ratings for aggressive, hyperactive, or disruptive behavior for intervention children, compared with control children. Further, intervention classrooms showed higher quality climate, levels of interest and enthusiasm, and ability to stay focused, compared with control classrooms.

An Effective rating implies that implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes either 1) one study conducted in multiple sites; or 2) two or three studies, each conducted at a different site. Learn about how we make the multisite determination.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 3 - 12

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, Other

Geography: Suburban Urban Rural

Setting (Delivery): School

Program Type: Classroom Curricula, Conflict Resolution/Interpersonal Skills, School/Classroom Environment

Targeted Population: Children Exposed to Violence

Current Program Status: Active

Mark Greenberg
Professor
Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University

109 Henderson Building South
PA 16802-6504
United States

Phone: 814.863.0112
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Celene Domitrovich
Research Scientist
Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University

110 Henderson South
PA 16802
United States

Phone: 814.360.4884
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Dorothy Morelli
Chief Executive Officer
PATHS® Education Worldwide

1205 Arrowhead Drive
TN 37027-7424
United States

Phone: 615.364.6606
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