Target Population
The Coping Power Program has been developed for children approaching and
involved in the transition to middle school, and is most appropriate for children
from 4 th to 6 th grades. The program has been provided to boys and girls, and the
outcome research has been primarily conducted with children and families of African-American
and Caucasian ethnicity. The Coping Power Program has typically been delivered to
children identified by their teachers and parents as being among the most aggressive
and disruptive children (e.g. top 20 to 30 percent), and thus addresses a group
of children who are at-risk for subsequent substance use and delinquency. The Parent
Component is delivered to the parents or primary caretaker of these children.
Areas of Influence
Domain |
Protective Factors |
Risk Factors |
|
Individual |
Emotional regulation |
Aggressive behavior |
|
Social problem solving |
Unregulated anger |
|
Appropriate attributions |
|
|
Internal Locus of Control
|
|
Family |
Parental involvement |
Harsh punishment |
|
Consistent discipline
|
Lack of parental warmth
|
|
School |
Academic competence |
Behavioral problems |
|
School bonding
|
|
Peers |
Social acceptance |
Social rejection |
|
|
D Deviant peers |
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