Effects on secondary behavioural outcomes (conduct problems, delinquency, substance use) are negligible or non-significant¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q3
Currency · no dated study recorded · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Effects on conduct problems and delinquency were negligible or non-significant, and the impact on substance use was small and not statistically significant. → secondary-outcomes

Evidence¶

secondary-outcomes¶

Valdebenito, S., H. Gaffney, M. J. Arosemena‐Burbano, S. Hitchcock, D. Jolliffe, and A. Sutherland. 2025. “School‐Based Interventions for Reducing Disciplinary School Exclusion. An Updated Systematic Review.” Campbell Systematic Reviews 21: 1–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.70063

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

The review's multilevel meta-analysis of secondary behavioural outcomes reports negligible or non-significant effects on conduct problems and delinquency and a small, non-significant effect on substance use; no effect sizes for these outcomes are printed in the supplied text.

"However, the results for secondary behavioural outcomes were more limited: effects on conduct problems and delinquency were negligible or non‐significant, and the impact on substance use was small and not statistically significant."

Discussion¶

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