Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a well-established intervention for juvenile delinquents and/or
adolescents showing social, emotional and behavioral problems. A multilevel meta-…

Background There is a lack of knowledge about specific effective ingredients of prevention
programs for youth at risk for persistent delinquent behavior. The present study combines …

The aim of this meta-analytic study, including 22 studies and 5764 participants, was to
examine the effects of aftercare programs on recidivism in juvenile and young adult offenders …

Doelen van dit onderzoek zijn: 1. de invloed van individuele risicofactoren en van risicocumulatie
op probleemgedrag van kinderen en opvoedingsgedrag onderzoeken in een niet-…

Background. Good teachers have been studied ever since Plato described how Socrates
taught by asking questions of his audience. Recent findings shed light on two characteristics of …

In three experiments, children's reliance on other people's testimony as compared to their
own, first‐hand experience was assessed in the domain of ontology. Children ranging from 4 …

A meta‐analysis of k = 53 studies containing 60 non‐overlapping samples and 10,073
participants was conducted to investigate whether psychopathy was associated with delinquency …

The present study aimed to (1) determine the long-term effectiveness of Home-Start, a
preventive parenting program, and (2) test the hypothesis that changes in maternal sense of …

The present study examines gender differences in the association between abuse and
neglect during childhood, and sexual and violent offending in juvenile delinquents. Female …

A meta-analysis of 27 controlled studies, including 17,038 youth, was conducted to examine
the effectiveness of institutional youth care over the past three decades. We compared …