System analysis of evidencesof the impact of child involvement in evaluating social programs on their psychological development

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Abstract

This article discusses the development of children's participation in the evaluation of social programs and evidences of the positive impact of this kind of participation on the psychological development of children. The article includes the overview of 27 foreign studies concerning children and organizing the evidences of the impact provided by the child participatory behavioron his/her psychological development. The review shows that inclusion of children in the evaluationprogram can contribute to positive development of theirs. The authors also discuss the inclusion of children in the evaluation of social projects and programs, and the opportunity for developmentof thispractice in Russia

General Information

Keywords: evaluation with child participation, research involving the child, a systematic review of the evidence, child psychological development

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology and Age-Related Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2016050205

For citation: Shamrova D.P., Tikhomirova A.V., Podushkina T.G. System analysis of evidencesof the impact of child involvement in evaluating social programs on their psychological development [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2016. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 39–50. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2016050205. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Dar'ya P. Shamrova, PhD student, School of Social Work at Michigan State University, New York, USA, e-mail: shamrova@msu.edu

Anna V. Tikhomirova, Lecturer of the Chair Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Faculty of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, a Leading Analyst of the Center for Evidence-Based Social Design, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7647-5991, e-mail: tihomirovaav@mgppu.ru

Tatiana G. Podushkina, Head of the Sector «Center for Evidence-Based Social Design», Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5966-8342, e-mail: poduschkina@mail.ru

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