Zippys venner er basert på forskning, og er effektevaluert mange ganger, i flere land. På den måten vet vi at programmet virker.
Resultatene fra de ulike studiene er overraskende like, og alle viser at barn som har hatt Zippys venner på skolen får:
- bedre mestringsstrategier
- økt sosial kompetanse
- økt emosjonell kompetanse
- bedre klassemiljø
- mindre mobbing
Store, randomiserte studier er gjort i blant annet Norge, Danmark, Litauen, Irland, Nederland, England og i Tsjekkia.
Studier
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Evaluation Report of Zippy’s Friends Program in the Czech Republic
Land: Tsjekkia
Årstall: 2016
Utført av: University in Prague -
Implementing a Universal Stress Management Program for Young School Children: Are there Classroom Climate or Academic Effects?
Land: Norge
Årstall: 2012
Utført av:
Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
University of Oslo -
The effectiveness of a universal schoolbased programme on coping and mental health: a randomised, controlled study of Zippy’s Friends
Land: Norge
Årstall: 2012
Utført av:
Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Department of Educational Research, University of Oslo -
An evaluation of the Zippy’s Friends emotional wellbeing programme for primary schools in Ireland
Land: Irland
Årstall: 2010
Utført av:
Health Promotion Research Centre
National University of Ireland Galway -
Effectiveness of a mental health promotion program to improve coping skills in young children: Zippy’s Friends
Land: Norge og Canada
Årstall: 2006
Utført av:
Psychology Department, Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide and Euthanasia (CRISE)
University of Quebec at Montreal
Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Oslo, Norway