Evaluating the impact of human rights education on the adjustment of Greek primary school students
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Human rights education has an encouraging effect on children's school routine. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of a 12‐session transformative human rights education intervention in improving children's school adjustment. Participants were 340 Greek primary school students assigned to intervention group ( n = 187) and control group ( n = 153). All members completed a written questionnaire 1 week before the implementation of the intervention, measuring their knowledge of human rights, school engagement, perceptions of the school environment, interpersonal relationships, empathy and perceptions, attitudes and feelings towards school. The completion process of the same questionnaire was repeated 1 week after the termination of the intervention and 4 months later. The results showed that the intervention was particularly beneficial as the intervention group members demonstrated a significant increase in their knowledge of human rights, school engagement, perceptions of the school environment, empathy and school liking, while experiencing a significant decrease in school avoidance and loneliness. Members of the control group did not report any significant improvement over time. The study's implications for future research on school‐based human rights interventions are discussed
Developmental psychology · Empathy · Feeling · Human rights · Intervention (counseling) · Loneliness · Political science · Psychological intervention · Children's Rights and Participation · Clinical Psychology · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Peace and Human Rights Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
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