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The Impact of Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions by Durlak, Joseph A., Weissberg, Roger P., Dymnicki, Allison B., Taylor, Rebecca D., Schellinger, Kriston B.

“…This article presents findings from a meta-analysis of 213 school-based, universal social and emotional learning (SEL) programs involving 270,034 kindergarten…”
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Clustering Methods with Qualitative Data: a Mixed-Methods Approach for Prevention Research with Small Samples by Henry, David, Dymnicki, Allison B., Mohatt, Nathaniel, Allen, James, Kelly, James G.

“…Qualitative methods potentially add depth to prevention research but can produce large amounts of complex data even with small samples. Studies conducted with…”
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A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Service-Learning on Students by Celio, Christine I, Durlak, Joseph, Dymnicki, Allison

“…Service-learning (SL) has become a popular teaching method everywhere from elementary schools to colleges. Despite the increased presence of SL in the…”
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Moderating Effects of School Climate on Outcomes for the Multisite Violence Prevention Project Universal Program by Dymnicki, Allison B.

“…This study examines to what extent baseline school climate moderates the effects of a randomized controlled trial of a universal violence prevention…”
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Predictors of Co-Occurring Risk Behavior Trajectories Among Economically Disadvantaged African-American Youth: Contextual and Individual Factors by Sterrett, Emma M., Ph.D, Dymnicki, Allison B., Ph.D, Henry, David, Ph.D, Byck, Gayle R., Ph.D, Bolland, John, Ph.D, Mustanski, Brian, Ph.D

“…Abstract Purpose African-American youth, particularly those from low-income backgrounds, evidence high rates of negative outcomes associated with three problem…”
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Assessing Implementation and Effects Associated with a Comprehensive Framework Designed to Reduce School Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Dymnicki, Allison B., Arredondo Mattson, Sabrina, Spier, Elizabeth, Argamaso, Susanne, Kingston, Beverly

“…School safety continues to be a concern in today's schools, and comprehensive approaches to school safety are one way to address this concern. However, few…”
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Supporting Local Health Departments to Lead Multisectoral Youth Violence Prevention Efforts by Dymnicki, Allison B., Katz, Jason, Young, Xan J., Thorngren, Mary, Orazi, Jazmine, Marshall, Khiya J., Lumpkin, Corey D.

“…This article examines organizational-level outcomes achieved during a technical assistance (TA) initiative designed to increase the capacity of local health…”
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Influence of school-level variables on aggression and associated attitudes of middle school students by Henry, David B., Farrell, Albert D., Schoeny, Michael E., Tolan, Patrick H., Dymnicki, Allison B.

“…This study sought to understand school-level influences on aggressive behavior and related social cognitive variables. Participants were 5106 middle school…”
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Effects of positive youth development programs on school, family, and community systems by Durlak, Joseph A., Taylor, Rebecca D., Kawashima, Kei, Pachan, Molly K., DuPre, Emily P., Celio, Christine I., Berger, Sasha R., Dymnicki, Allison B., Weissberg, Roger P.

“…A review of efforts at social system change in 526 universal competence‐promotion outcome studies indicated that 64% of the interventions attempted some type…”
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OUTREACH WORKERS' PERCEPTIONS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CRITICAL INCIDENTS: CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION by Dymnicki, Allison B., Henry, David, Quintana, Elena, Wisnieski, Elise, Kane, Candice

“…Evidence suggests positive impacts of AIDS/HIV prevention approaches using outreach workers, but few studies have described the approaches taken by such…”
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Levels and growth of specific and general norms for nonviolence among middle school students by Dymnicki, Allison B, Antônio, Tiago, Henry, David B

“…Abstract This study examined the levels and growth of specific and general normative beliefs about nonviolence (called norms for nonviolence). The sample…”
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Middle school students overestimate normative support for aggression and underestimate normative support for nonviolent problem‐solving strategies by Henry, David B., Dymnicki, Allison B., Schoeny, Michael E., Meyer, Aleta L., Martin, Nina C.

“…This study tested five hypotheses related to the accuracy of students' perceptions of school norms for aggression and nonviolent problem‐solving strategies…”
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The development of an instrument to measure school readiness for a prevention program by Dymnicki, Allison B., Henry, David B., Myford, Carol M.

“…There is a need to understand how environmental characteristics of a school influence the effectiveness of prevention efforts. Although researchers have…”
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Understanding How Programs Work to Prevent Overt Aggressive Behaviors: A Meta-analysis of Mediators of Elementary School-Based Programs by Dymnicki, Allison B., Weissberg, Roger P., Henry, David B.

“…Several recent meta-analyses of universal school-based violence prevention studies indicate the overall positive impacts of these approaches on aggression…”
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Advancing the Science and Practice of Social and Emotional Learning: Looking Back and Moving Forward by Osher, David, Kidron, Yael, Brackett, Marc, Dymnicki, Allison, Jones, Stephanie, Weissberg, Roger P.

“…This chapter summarizes the results of nearly 100 years of research on school-based social and emotional learning (SEL). The SEL field has grown out of…”
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Developing a Federal Research Agenda for Positive Youth Development: Identifying Gaps in the Field and an Effective Consensus Building Approach by Allison B. Dymnicki, Suzanne Le Menestrel, Michelle J. Boyd, Lisa Lauxman, Sarah E. Oberlander, David M. Osher

“…The field of positive youth development (PYD) is at an important crossroads in terms of defining its scope and directions for future research. This paper…”
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Empirical Evidence of Social and Emotional Learning's Influence on School Success: A Commentary on "Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning: What Does the Research Say?," a book edited by Joseph E. Zins, Roger P. Weissberg, Margaret C. Wang, and Herbert J. Walberg by Taylor, Rebecca D., Dymnicki, Allison B.

“…In Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning: What does the Research Say? Zins and his colleagues presented a new way to conceptualize the…”
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Unpacking core components for policy design: A comparison of synthesis approaches by Lemire, Sebastian, Peck, Laura R., Porowski, Allan, Dymnicki, Allison

“…Under the banner of evidence‐based policy, evidence reviews—summaries of existing studies on an intervention—have become an established form of policy…”
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A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Service-Learning on Students by Celio, Christine I., Durlak, Joseph, Dymnicki, Allison

“…Service-learning (SL) has become a popular teaching method everywhere from elementary schools to colleges. Despite the increased presence of SL in the…”
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Development and validation of a measure of organizational capacity for implementing youth development programs by Dymnicki, Allison, Neiman, Samantha, Joshi, Aasha, Johnson, Tasha, Hodgman, Sarah

“…Accumulating evidence indicates that incorporating youth development (YD) principles, strategies, and supports into an organization promotes positive adult and…”
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