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Project Trust: breaking down barriers between middle school children.

Mary Ellen Batiuk1, James A Boland, Norma Wilcox

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Adolescence
|January 28, 2005
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Project Trust, a camp retreat, successfully reduced social distance between middle school cliques. Participants showed improved self-concept scores after the program, fostering better peer relationships and conflict resolution skills.

Area of Science:

  • Social psychology
  • Educational psychology
  • Peace and conflict studies

Background:

  • Cliques in middle schools can create social barriers.
  • Interventions are needed to improve peer relationships and reduce social distance.
  • Project Trust aims to address these issues through a structured camp experience.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the Project Trust camp retreat.
  • To measure changes in social distance among middle school students.
  • To assess the impact on students' self-concept.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental design with a treatment (campers) and comparison (non-campers) group.
  • Pre- and post-camp administration of the Bogardus Social Distance Test.

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  • Pre- and post-camp administration of the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant reduction in social distance scores for 9 out of 10 identified cliques among campers.
    • Camp participants demonstrated higher self-concept scores post-retreat compared to pre-retreat.
    • The intervention effectively lowered barriers between different social groups.

    Conclusions:

    • The Project Trust camp retreat is an effective intervention for reducing social distance in middle schools.
    • The program positively impacts students' self-concept and peer relations.
    • Findings support the integration of peace education and conflict resolution in school settings.