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Evolution &
Education:
Good Behavior
Game & the
Challenge of
Spreading Best
Practices Dennis D. Embry, Ph.D., President/senior scientist
PAXIS Institute, Tucson, AZ
What is
PAX Good
Behavior
Game?
Increasing Psychological Flexibility & Safety
Increasing Psychological Flexibility & Safety
Changes In Observed Student Behaviors
40
35
Disruptive,
Disturbing,
Inattentive
Behaviors
per Student
per Hour
30
Students = 3,329
25
20
15
10
-38%
-38%
-43%
5
0
Bloomfield
Baseline
Espanola
Santa Fe
Post-PAX Good Behavior Game
Limit Problematic Behavior
in Six to 8 weeks
Limiting problematic behaviors rapidly
Rich Reinforcement of Prosocial Behaviors
Reducing Problematic Behaviors
One-Semester Benefits of Province-Wide
Mental-Health Benefits of PAX GBG v. Control
0%
Moderate Problems Students
Moving to Low Risk
High Problem Students
Moving to Moderate Risk
-5%
High Problem Students
Moving to Low Risk
PAX
-10%
(p<.01)
Control
-15%
N ≈ 5,000
PAX GBG
-20%
Control
-25%
-30%
-35%
-40%
Control
PAX
PAX
(p<.001)
(p<.001)
Improved Mental-Health =
• Fewer conduct problems
• Fewer emotional problems
• Less hyperactivity
• Fewer peer problems
• Better prosocial skills
Jiang, D., Santos, R., Mayer, T., & Boyd, L. (2015, 7/14/2015) Program Evaluation with Multilevel and Multivariate Longitudinal Outcomes
Reduce Toxic Influences
Ostrom’s Principles…
1. Strong Group Identity: a strong sense of group purpose.
2. Proportional Costs & Benefits: All those who are involved,
participate, work, support, get benefits in proportion to their efforts.
3. Consensus Decision Making: People work hard for group
decisions.
4. Monitoring: Most want to cooperate but there is a temptation to
slack off, thus a need to monitor good behavior
5. Graduated Sanctions: Reminders to keep people who are slacking.
6. Fast & Fair Conflict Resolution: Conflict resolution strategies are
regarded as fair by all parties.
7. Local autonomy: People and groups have the authority to manage
their own affairs.
8. Fractal or Multi-Level Governance: Many cooperating groups use
the same principles as above—building synergies across scale
Playing PAX GBG
Switching on the brain for prosocial behaviors
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passion into action
science to practice
promoting solutions
SuggestedResourcesforBringingPAXGoodBehaviorGameand
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Multi-problem analyses
Identify
Behaviors
to Increase
Nurturing
Environments
Logic Model for
population-level
benefits
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Identify
Behaviors
to Decrease
Update Research
Databases for Proven
Prevention Solutions
Psychinfo, pubmed.gov,
etc. See Flay et al (2005)
for standards of evidence.
Document User
Experiences & Lessons
Learned at Local, State,
& National Levels
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Cite powerful
studies & links
to cultural
practices
l stages
Birth Childhood
Adolescence
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Cultivate some
current or early
adopters for local
impact data and
local testimonials.
Cite relevant
endorsements
or standards
Low
Intensity
Hi
reach
ach
/re
sity
Plan PopulationLevel Change:
Reach, Efficacy,
Adoption,
Implementation,&
Maintenance
Create Community
Prevention
Score/Dashboard
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Create system
for monitoring,
evaluation &
research
Launch Social Marketing: Advocacy & Media
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successes in/by
• Media
• Political arena
• Other leaders
• Immitatable models from
all ages and backgrounds
Develop Buisiness Model
Population-Level Targeting
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Report
on monnitoring &
evaluation of quick,
medium, longer
term outcomes
Create policy,
organizational, &
advocacy supports
to nurture efforts
Predict
Benefits:
Estimate
local, state,
& national
prevalence
& costs
saved by
proposed
prevention
recipes.
High Intensity
Low reach
Note: Workforce development efficiency achieved
by broad use of similar/same evidence-based
strategies or evidence-based kernels.
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Products have
catchy, positive
name (a meme)
Performance
names benefits
& little pain
Place for getting
product is easy &
non-stigmatizing
Price is low for
to use in money
or time.
Promotion focuses on popularity,
joining, aligned values & benefits for all.
Creative epidemiology aligns people &
organizations for common action.
Create
workforce
& training
systems
Monitor & Coach
implementation &
proximal outcomes
For background resources about the theory
and development of PAX GBG including
about launching it, please download this:
http://bit.ly/PAX-GBG-Logic-Model-Aug-2014
Dennis D. Embry, Ph.D.
[email protected]