Effects of an education program for coexistence on creative and socio-emotional development factors for children aged 7-11 years

• Main Authors: José Ignacio Pérez, Maite Garaigordobil, Zuriñe Adrada, Leire De Miguel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Santo Tomás 2011-12-01
• Series: Summa Psicologica UST
• Subjects: evaluación de programas; desarrollo infantil; diferencias de género
• Online Access: http://summapsicologica.cl/index.php/summa/article/view/83

<p>The purpose of this study is three-fold: (1) to assess the effects of a three-year educational programme for coexistence with children aged 7 to 9 on socio-emotional and creative factors, (2) to identify gender differences in these factors, and (3) to analyze whether gender has an influence on the effects of the programme. The experimental design was pretest-intervention-posttest with control group, with a sample made up of 80 participants aged 7 to 9 years (53 experimental and 27 control). Five assessment instruments were applied before and after the program. The results of the analyses of variance suggest that de program significantly increased different behaviours which facilitate socialization, play-mate election, number of classmates considered prosocial, creative behaviour and creative personality traits. Gender did not influence the effects of the intervention.</p>