Carolien Gravesteijn

University of Applied Sciences Leiden | UAS · Parenthood

We know a great deal about the immediate impact of becoming a parent, but less on the more long-term impact as parents are adapting to the rapid developmental changes that characterize the early childhood period. This longitudinal study explored how parental self-esteem and emotion regulation develops during pregnancy, infancy, toddlerhood and pres...

Adolescents’ social-emotional skills are associated with positive outcomes in psychosocial health and success in education and work. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of Skills4Life, a Social Emotional Learning program for preparatory vocational secondary education aimed at enhancing self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, rel...

While universal school‐based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs claim to target various SEL competencies, earlier reviews have not provided a clear overview of the competencies in question. We therefore wished to identify the competencies targeted in SEL programs for secondary school students. We also aimed to examine the effects of these...

BACKGROUND The goal of the current study was to evaluate the effects of the Social Emotional Learning program Skills 4 Life on mental health and its risk factors self‐esteem, self‐efficacy, and social interaction skills in students of secondary schools. METHODS A cluster randomized controlled study was conducted, including 38 schools (66 classes;...

Investing in parents is important because their well-being is positively related to the development and well-being of their children. This study investigated which factors predict two types of parents’ well-being: individual well-being and parenting-related well-being. Participants were 416 parents (90 fathers, 326 mothers) of a baby (younger than...

Purpose The focus of scientific research on parental wellbeing has been mainly placed on parents of pre-school children. However recent findings indicated that parents of pre-school children show lower levels of depression and higher levels of self-efficacy and self-esteem, compared to parents of older children. This study was conducted to establi...

The strength of ordinary parenthood. Promoting life skills of parents Parental life skills are proven to have a positive effect on parents’ well-being and on the development of their children. Recent developments in Dutch youth policies are more demanding of parents’ own strength and with that of their life skills. It is therefore important to dete...

Life skills of parents have a positive effect on the wellbeing of parents and development of children. Currently, no reliable instrument is available to measure these skills. This study was set up to develop a questionnaire for assessing parents' life skills. The questionnaire was developed for professionals who are working with parents and for bui...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the Dutch “Skills for Life” programme on students’ health behaviours, bullying behaviour and suicidal ideation. Design/methodology/approach – The effectiveness of the “Skills for Life” programme on health behaviour outcomes was evaluated at three points in time in using a cluster ra...

Bullying in schools is a problem that has received widespread attention. Previous evaluations of school-based bullying prevention programs reported mixed results (Farr Gravesteijn, C, Diekstra, R & Petterson D ington & Ttoh, 2009). This study examines the effects of a school-based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program on bullying and the fact...

Achtergrond en doelstellingVeel Nederlandse jongeren tussen de 11 en 17 jaar hebben ernstige gedragsproblemen, zoals depressie of agressie. Het lesprogramma ‘Levensvaardigheden’ is ontwikkeld door Diekstra en Gravesteijn ter preventie van gedragsproblemen bij scholieren van de tweede tot vierde klas van het voortgezet onderwijs van alle schoolnivea...

To answer the question of whether teaching social and emotional skills to foster social–emotional development can help schools extend their role beyond the transfer of knowledge, the authors conducted a meta-analytical review of 75 recently published studies that reported the effects of universal, school-based social, emotional, and/or behavioral (...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether a Dutch social and emotional learning (SEL) programme for adolescents had a positive influence on suicidality and on hypothesised protective factors. The hypothesised protective factors included self-esteem, general belief in self-efficacy, expressing negative emotions, and attitudes to using social...

Dit artikel bespreekt het effect van een vaardigheidsprogramma voor adolescenten op suïcidaliteit. Uit eerder onderzoek naar dit programma bleek dat er significante effecten te zien waren op geloof in persoonlijke effectiviteit, zelfbeeld, spanning bij het adequaat uiten van negatieve emoties en de intentie om sociale en emotionele vaardigheden te...

The thesis ‘ Skills for Life programs in school’ treats the theoretical foundations, design and evaluation of school-based Skills for Life programs, aimed at promoting social and emotional skills in children and adolescents. More specifically, the formation and development iterations of a Dutch Skills for Life program, named ‘Levensvaardigheden’ [D...

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Dit artikel beschrijft de kenmerken en effecten van een sociaal-emotioneel vaardigheidsprogramma voor leerlingen uit de derde klas van het voortgezet onderwijs. Een experimentele (n = 412) en een controlegroep (n = 546) werden vergeleken op twee tijdstippen (direct na het programma en twaalf maanden na de voormeting). Leerlingen uit de experimentel...