NCT05891067

The Effectiveness of a Classroom-based Intervention Promoting a Prosocial Classroom Climate in Children

The Effectiveness of a Classroom-based Intervention Promoting Proscial Classroom Climate in Children

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3,360 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Utrecht University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a classroom-based program promoting a prosocial classroom climate is more effective than treatment-as-usual (control condition).

Detailed description

A positive, prosocial classroom climate is associated with improved social competence and academic achievement, as well as decreased internalizing and externalizing problems and antisocial behavior in children. It is expected that motivation to behave prosocially is needed to achieve a prosocial climate in the classroom, and that such motivation can be enhanced through three components of self-determination theory (SDT): competence, relatedness, and autonomy. The goal of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a classroom-based program based on SDT that aims to promote prosocial classroom climate, through a cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). SterkWerk is hypothesized to be more effective than treatment-as-usual (TAU) in creating more prosocial classrooms, through improving prosocial (intrinsic) motivation and behavior, social autonomy, social competence, and social relatedness. The design of the current study is a cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) with two conditions: the intervention condition and a waitlist control condition (TAU: treatment-as-usual). Schools in the intervention condition receive the materials and training to implement the intervention in the school year 2023/2024. Schools in the control group do not receive the intervention (do not receive material or training), and function as normal (TAU). Control schools are requested to not start any social-emotional program during the school year 2023/2024.

Conditions

• Child Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	SterkWerk	Classroom-based intervention program
BEHAVIORAL	Treatment-as-usual	Active control group

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-11
• Primary completion: 2024-07-31
• Completion: 2024-07-31
• First posted: 2023-06-06
• Last updated: 2024-05-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands