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MACSMACS outline - answer Metropolitan Area Child Study
MACS aim/principle - answer Social skills training programmed
examples: Fischbach and Aronson
MACS for prevention of violent behavior three key points - answer Family counselling
Empathy and social problem solving
Small groups
MACS Research Group (2002) Aim - answer test effectiveness of MACS for reducing
violence
MACS Research Group (2002) Sample - answer2181 students in inner city schools of
midwest USA. Many ethnic minority groups and low-income households.
MACS Research Group (2002) Procedure - answer Four conditions
Control
Classroom Only
Full programme
Full programme and social skills training for high risk children
MACS Research Group (2002) Results - answerNo effect on levels of aggression. Look
at subgroups:
Full programme condition: less aggression
High risk students demonstrated higher levels of aggression.
MACS Research Group (2002) Evaluation - answerNo real promise, demonstrates
target groups, strength= control condition, ethics?
General evaluation of MACS - answerIf violence is seen as normative, it is likely to
continue due to attention.
Questionable quantifying methods.
Teaching of social skills is good (feschbach and aronson)
General evaluation of any school-based strategy for reducing violence
(SIX THINGS) - answerCorrelational study only
Attribution mistakes
Reliability of results
Labelling of children
Developmental disputes
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