BOYS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT, AND DELINQUENCY - THE MONTREAL PREVENTION EXPERIMENT

The authors discuss interim goals for prevention programmes designed t o reduce antisocial behaviour. They describe effects of one such progr amme in which kindergarten teachers identified their most disruptive b oys, some of whom were randomly allocated to a two-year treatment prog ramme. The programme provided assistance in family management to the p arents and in social skills to the boys, who were between the ages of 7 and 9 years during the treatment programme. By the age of 12, as com pared with their peers who were not assigned to the treatment group, b oys in the treatment group were doing better in school and evidencing less antisocial behaviour.