Program Profile: Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program

This is a prevention program targeted at middle school students, which is designed to reduce stressors by teaching coping and decision-making skills.

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Summary: This is a prevention program targeted at middle school students, which is designed to reduce stressors by teaching coping and decision-making skills. The program is rated Promising. Students who participated in the intervention demonstrated a statistically significant greater level of coping skills to reduce stressors, compared with students who did not receive any intervention. (Review the full program description).

Title Rating Details Outcome Category Study(ies)
Stressors None

Elias and colleagues (1986) found that students in the Social Decision Making/Problem Solving (SDM) program demonstrated stronger coping skills to deal with middle school stressors, compared with students who received no intervention. This difference was statistically significant.

Mental Health/Behavioral Health ; Psychological functioning (i.e., of victims)

Date Created: July 17, 2024

Program Status

This program is Active.