The Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children and Youth

The Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children and Youth: A Combined Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Short- and Long-Term Effectiveness of the PATHS School-Based Prevention Programme and of the Triple P Parent Training Programme

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN84472990

Enrollment

1675

Registered

2010-10-07

Start date

2004-08-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Externalising problem behaviour, delinquency, social skills, parenting skills Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

1. German adaptation of the "Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies" Programme (PATHS) called "Programm zur Förderung Alternativer Denkstrategien" (PFADe). PATHS/PFADe is a classroom-based curricul

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All children who entered public primary school in the city of Zurich in summer 2004 (either sex) as well as their parents and teachers

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All other children

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Social Behaviour Questionnaire (SBQ) developed by R. Tremblay et al. The instrument was administered CAPI parent interviews, in paper-and-pencil teacher questionnaires as well as in an adapted audio-visual self-administered computer-aided child version. It aims at measuring various forms of aggression (physical, reactive, proactive, indirect) as well as ODD, non-aggressive externalising problem behaviour, ADHD, internalising problem behaviour, and prosociality.	—

Measure

Time frame

Social Behaviour Questionnaire (SBQ) developed by R. Tremblay et al. The instrument was administered CAPI parent interviews, in paper-and-pencil teacher questionnaires as well as in an adapted audio-visual self-administered computer-aided child version. It aims at measuring various forms of aggression (physical, reactive, proactive, indirect) as well as ODD, non-aggressive externalising problem behaviour, ADHD, internalising problem behaviour, and prosociality.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. PATHS assessed by Social Problem Solving vignettes developed by Dodge et al. 2. Triple P assessed by the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) developed by Shelton et al. The instrument was administered in CAPI parent interviews. It aims at measuring five core dimensions of parenting behavious, i.e. positive parenting, parental commitment, monitoring, physical punishment, inconsistent discipline.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. PATHS assessed by Social Problem Solving vignettes developed by Dodge et al. 2. Triple P assessed by the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) developed by Shelton et al. The instrument was administered in CAPI parent interviews. It aims at measuring five core dimensions of parenting behavious, i.e. positive parenting, parental commitment, monitoring, physical punishment, inconsistent discipline.

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Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026