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  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Joseph A. Durlak is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Education, Clinical Psychology, and Safety Research as subfields. Their topics of study address Early Childhood Education and Development, Parental Involvement in Education, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, and Youth Development and Social Support.

The scientist has published work in several academic venues, notably including Child Development, Psychological Bulletin, and Social and Emotional Learning Research Practice and Policy.

Recent publications by Joseph A. Durlak include the following papers:

  • The state of evidence for social and emotional learning: A contemporary meta-analysis of universal school-based SEL interventions, 2023, Child Development
  • What we know, and what we need to find out about universal, school-based social and emotional learning programs for children and adolescents: A review of meta-analyses and directions for future research., 2022, Psychological Bulletin
  • How Roger Weissberg accomplished his vision to help millions of schoolchildren: Our personal perspectives, 2025, Social and Emotional Learning Research Practice and Policy

Joseph A. Durlak has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Joseph L. Mahoney
  • Christina Cipriano
  • Michael J. Strambler
  • Lauren H. Naples
  • Cheyeon Ha

The scientist has been recognized by the American Psychological Association as a Fellow since 1990.

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta‐Analysis of School‐Based Universal Interventions

    Joseph A. Durlak;Roger P. Weissberg;Allison B. Dymnicki;Rebecca D. Taylor

  • Implementation Matters: A Review of Research on the Influence of Implementation on Program Outcomes and the Factors Affecting Implementation

    Joseph A. Durlak;Emily P. DuPre

  • Promoting Positive Youth Development through School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of Follow-Up Effects.

    Rebecca D. Taylor;Eva Oberle;Joseph A. Durlak;Roger P. Weissberg

  • A Meta‐Analysis of After‐School Programs That Seek to Promote Personal and Social Skills in Children and Adolescents

    Joseph A. Durlak;Roger P. Weissberg;Molly Pachan

  • How to Select, Calculate, and Interpret Effect Sizes

    Joseph A. Durlak

  • Primary Prevention Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents: A Meta‐Analytic Review

    Joseph A. Durlak;Anne M. Wells

  • The Quality Implementation Framework: A Synthesis of Critical Steps in the Implementation Process

    Duncan C. Meyers;Joseph A. Durlak;Abraham Wandersman

  • The Positive Impact of Social and Emotional Learning for Kindergarten to Eighth-Grade Students: Findings from Three Scientific Reviews. Technical Report.

    John Payton;Roger P. Weissberg;Joseph A. Durlak;Allison B. Dymnicki

  • Social and emotional learning: Past, present, and future.

    Roger P. Weissberg;Joseph A. Durlak;Celene E. Domitrovich;Thomas P. Gullotta

  • Social-Emotional Competence: An Essential Factor for Promoting Positive Adjustment and Reducing Risk in School Children.

    Celene E. Domitrovich;Celene E. Domitrovich;Joseph A. Durlak;Katharine C. Staley;Roger P. Weissberg

  • The Impact of After-School Programs that Promote Personal and Social Skills.

    Joseph A. Durlak;Roger P. Weissberg

  • Promoting and Protecting Youth Mental Health Through Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment.

    John R. Weisz;Irwin N. Sandler;Joseph A. Durlak;Barry S. Anton

  • Social and Emotional Learning as a Public Health Approach to Education

    Mark T. Greenberg;Celene E. Domitrovich;Roger P. Weissberg;Joseph A. Durlak

  • A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Service-Learning on Students:

    Christine I. Celio;Joseph Durlak;Allison Dymnicki

  • Comparative effectiveness of paraprofessional and professional helpers

    Joseph A. Durlak

  • Changing self-esteem in children and adolescents: a meta-analytic review.

    Penny Haney;Joseph A. Durlak

  • Effectiveness of cognitive-behavior therapy for maladapting children: a meta-analysis.

    Joseph A. Durlak;Teresa Fuhrman;Claudia Lampman

  • A practitioner's guide to meta-analysis

    Joseph A. Durlak;Mark W. Lipsey

  • Evaluation of indicated preventive intervention (secondary prevention) mental health programs for children and adolescents.

    Joseph A. Durlak;Anne M. Wells

  • Common risk and protective factors in successful prevention programs.

    Joseph A. Durlak

  • Handbook of social and emotional learning : research and practice

    Joseph A. Durlak;Celene E. Domitrovich;Roger P. Weissberg;Thomas P. Gullotta

  • The Positive Impact of Social and Emotional Learning for Kindergarten to Eighth-Grade Students

    John Payton;Roger P. Weissberg;Joseph A. Durlak;Allison B. Dymnicki

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger P. Weissberg
Roger P. Weissberg University of Illinois at Chicago
Joseph R. Ferrari
Joseph R. Ferrari DePaul University
Irwin N. Sandler
Irwin N. Sandler Arizona State University
Mark W. Lipsey
Mark W. Lipsey Vanderbilt University
Anthony P. Mannarino
Anthony P. Mannarino Allegheny General Hospital
Emily E. Tanner-Smith
Emily E. Tanner-Smith University of Oregon
John R. Weisz
John R. Weisz Harvard University
Abraham Wandersman
Abraham Wandersman University of South Carolina
Maryse H. Richards
Maryse H. Richards Loyola University Chicago
Mark T. Greenberg
Mark T. Greenberg Pennsylvania State University

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