Title |
Building Resilience After School for Early Adolescents in Urban Poverty: Open Trial of Leaders @ Play
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Published in |
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, November 2014
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DOI | 10.1007/s10488-014-0608-7 |
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Authors |
Stacy L. Frazier, Sonya Mathies Dinizulu, Dana Rusch, Maya M. Boustani, Tara G. Mehta, Kristin Reitz |
Abstract |
Leaders @ Play is a park after-school program for urban middle school youth designed to leverage recreational activities for social emotional learning. Mental health and park staff co-facilitated sports and games to teach and practice problem solving, emotion regulation, and effective communication. Additional practice occurred during multi-family groups and summer internships as junior camp counselors. We examined feasibility and promise via an open trial (n = 3 parks, 46 youth, 100 % African American, 100 % low-income, 59 % female, M = 13.09 years old). Improvements in social skills and reductions in problem behaviors lend support to after school programs as a space for mental health promotion. |
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Italy | 1 | 17% |
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Scientists | 1 | 17% |
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Researcher | 25 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 21 | 8% |
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Social Sciences | 37 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 6% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 6% |
Sports and Recreations | 14 | 6% |
Other | 15 | 6% |
Unknown | 93 | 37% |