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Using Social Network Analysis to Examine the Impact of a Teacher-Implemented Social Inclusion Intervention

Kassab, Hannah Dolores
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1599650518831123

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2020, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common disorders among school-aged children, and has been shown to be strongly associated with marked academic and social impairment. Although interventions have been developed to improve social deficits in children with ADHD, few successfully change peer perceptions of these children, even when ADHD behaviors and symptoms improve. The Making Socially Accepting Inclusive Classrooms (MOSAIC) program, a teacher-implemented classroom intervention, was developed to specifically target peer perceptions of students with ADHD and social impairment. This pilot study aimed to explore whether teachers (N=12) who implemented the MOSAIC intervention over the course of a school year experienced change in the classroom social network, especially with regard to target students (N=43) with elevated ADHD symptoms and social impairment. In-degree centrality, out-degree centrality, alter-based centrality, and classroom density were calculated using Social Network Analysis (SNA). T-tests were conducted to evaluate whether social outcomes for target students differed from their typically-developing peers and to assess whether change occurred in classroom social networks from fall to spring. Results indicated that change in social outcomes for targets students did not differ significantly from change experienced by peers. Results for change in classroom networks were mixed. Correlational analyses that examined the relationship between teacher integrity to the MOSAIC strategies and change in SNA metrics were also mixed. Implications and future directions are discussed.
Julie Owens, Dr. (Committee Chair)
90 p.
Psychology
ADHD; Classrooms; Social Network Analysis

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  • Kassab, H. D. (2020). Using Social Network Analysis to Examine the Impact of a Teacher-Implemented Social Inclusion Intervention [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1599650518831123

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kassab, Hannah. Using Social Network Analysis to Examine the Impact of a Teacher-Implemented Social Inclusion Intervention. 2020. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1599650518831123.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kassab, Hannah. "Using Social Network Analysis to Examine the Impact of a Teacher-Implemented Social Inclusion Intervention." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1599650518831123

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