@inbook {5668,
	title = {Interventions: What has worked and why?},
	booktitle = {Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {305 - 322},
	publisher = {The MIT Press},
	organization = {The MIT Press},
	chapter = {16},
	abstract = {Early childhood interventions are implemented to make a difference in people{\textquoteright}s lives, but demonstrating how they have worked is a challenge. Because many programs reported in the literature are conducted in high-income countries, results are not representative or balanced. This chapter reviews the evidence obtained from a range of early childhood interventions designed to reduce violence and build peace, and the outcomes that were achieved in children and parents. Classic longitudinal as well as more nascent early childhood interventions are analyzed using a broad framework. These interventions focus on young children and families and are associated with peaceful outcomes at individual, family, and community levels. The mechanisms by which benefits contribute to the peaceful outcomes are unclear. However, at child and family levels, these outcomes are predictors of reduced violence and a culture of peace in adulthood. It is suggested that early experiences pave the way to positive outcomes later in life, and thus early interventions are important. Programmatic and policy-level strategies are proposed to link peacebuilding with early childhood behavior, and a call is made to improve the direct measurement of peace promotion outcomes.},
	keywords = {early childhood interventions, peacebuilding, peacemaking, violence mitigation},
	doi = {10.7551/mitpress/9780262027984.003.0016},
	url = {https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/pathways-peace},
	author = {Kagitcibasi, Cigdem and Britto, Pia R.},
	editor = {Leckman, James F. and Panter-Brick, Catherine and Salah, Rima}
}
