Evaluating the Implementation Quality of a Social and Emotional Learning Program: A Mixed Methods Approach.

ABSTRACT: School-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs have been shown to be effective in producing positive outcomes for adolescents. However, variability in implementation quality can have a negative impact on these program effects. The aim of this current study is to examine the variability in implementation quality for schools implementing the MindOut program and to identify factors that were likely to contribute to this variability. Employing a mixed methods approach, quantitative and qualitative implementation data were collected from teachers (n = 16) and students (n = 280) who participated in the MindOut program. Quantitative indicators were used to score schools' implementation quality across four dimensions (dosage, adherence/fidelity, quality of delivery and participant respo

SUBMITTER: Dowling K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7246810 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature