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Empowering Preschool Children With Personal Safety Skills: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multiple Intelligences-Based Education Program
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Multiple Intelligences Theory-Based Personal Safety Education Program (PSEP) for Safety and 4 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 60 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Preschool children are vulnerable to preventable accidents due to limited hazard awareness. This randomized controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of a Multiple Intelligences Theory-based Personal Safety Education Program (MIT-based PSEP) on preschool children's safety knowledge and skills. Sixty children aged 4-5 years were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n=30) or a control group (n=30). The intervention group received eight interactive MIT-based sessions, while the control group received routine education. Data were collected pre- and post-intervention using the Personal Safety and First Aid Subscale and analyzed with mixed-design ANOVA.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Children in the intervention arm received a Multiple Intelligences Theory-based Personal Safety Education Program (MIT-based PSEP) consisting of eight interactive sessions (15-20 minutes each) delivered over 5 weeks (two sessions per week). The program used multi-modal activities (games, drama, movement, music, visual materials, and coloring/design tasks) addressing multiple intelligence domains (verbal/linguistic, bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, interpersonal, and musical). The content targeted personal safety knowledge and skills, including safe play and bicycle use, prevention of home accidents, recognizing hazards, protection from strangers, knowing what to do when lost, and sun safety. The intervention was delivered in small classroom groups by a trained child development specialist in collaboration with a pediatric nursing researcher.