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Path analyses of the five sets of mediators of program participation in Child-Parent Centers for 1,279 youth indicated that longer-term effects of the program occurred primarily because participation promoted early cognitive and scholastic advantages which culminated in better social competence in adolescence. Family support and school support hypotheses also confirmed the significant role of parent involvement and school quality as pathways of program effectiveness. These observed pathways are consistent with the program theory emphasizing school achievement and parent involvement, and thereby strengthen the interpretation that the estimated effects of intervention are real.
Paper presented at SRCD Research Conference, April , 1999.