Anuja Pandey|Daniel R. Hale|Shikta Das|Anne?Lise Goddings|Sarah Jayne Blakemore|Russell Viner
Effectiveness of Universal Self-regulation–Based Interventions in Children and Adolescents
Great Ormond Street Hospital|University College London|Heriot-Watt University|Great Ormond Street Hospital|University College London|Great Ormond Street Hospital|University College London|University College London|Great Ormond Street Hospital|University College London
childhood adolescence selfregulation sr gaining importance target intervention mounting evidence positive associations health social educational outcomesto conduct systematic review metaanalysis rigorously evaluated interventions improve selfregulation children adolescentskeyword searches psycinfo pubmed embase cinahl plus eric british education index child development adolescent studies central used identify studies published july 2016to eligible review studies report cluster randomized trials randomized clinical trials evaluate universal interventions designed improve selfregulation children adolescents aged 0 19 years include outcomes associated selfregulation skills published peerreviewed journal full text available englisha total 14 369 published records screened 147 identified fulltext review 49 studies reporting 50 interventions included final review results summarized narrative review metaanalysisselfregulation outcomes children adolescentsthis review identified 17 cluster randomized trials 32 randomized clinical trials evaluating selfregulation interventions included total 23 098 participants ranging age 2 17 years median age 60 years consistent improvement selfregulation reported 16 21 curriculumbased interventions 76 4 8 mindfulness yoga interventions 50 5 9 familybased programs 56 4 6 exercisebased programs 67 4 6 social personal skills interventions 67 total 33 50 interventions 66 metaanalysis evaluating associations interventions selfregulation task performance scores showed positive effect interventions pooled effect size 042 95 ci 032053 24 studies reported data distal outcomes 29 outcomes positive associations reported 11 13 studies 85 academic achievement 4 5 studies substance abuse 80 studies reporting conduct disorders n 3 studies social skills n 2 studies depression n 2 studies behavioral problems n 2 study school suspensions n 1 effect seen 2 studies reporting academic achievement 1 study reporting substance abuse 1 additional study reporting psychological wellbeinga wide range interventions successful improving selfregulation children adolescents improvement distal academic health behavioral outcomes intervention groups compared controls