Why English? | Reporting CONSORT-SPI Social and Psychological Intervention Trials Through Context, Delivery, Stakeholders and Outcomes

WHY ENGLISH?

Show how a social or psychological intervention operated through people and settings

Social and psychological interventions rarely live inside one tablet or device. They may depend on facilitator skill, participant uptake, group relationships, institutions and incentives. A trial report must make those pathways visible before readers can judge what was tested or whether the result may transfer.

CONSORT-SPI 2018 extends the CONSORT 2010 statement for randomised trials of social and psychological interventions. The extension modifies or extends nine CONSORT items, adds a new stakeholder-involvement item with three sub-items, and adapts the flow diagram; companion checklists cover abstracts and cluster trials.

English matters because a programme name cannot carry its theory, setting, delivery and power relationships. Clear reporting helps a student distinguish the randomised unit from the participating person, planned delivery from actual uptake, and an observed result from a universal promise.

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Theory and design

Name the pathway and unit of assignment.

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People and delivery

Describe eligibility, providers and uptake.

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Flow and effects

Preserve clusters, denominators and uncertainty.

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Stakeholders and transfer

Expose interests, context and limits.

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1. Identify the Trial and Hypothesised Pathway
2. Name the Unit of Random Assignment
3. Describe Important Changes After Trial Commencement
4. Define Eligibility for Participants, Settings and Providers
5. Describe Setting and Context
6. Report Intervention Components for Every Group
7. Show Actual Delivery and Participant Uptake
8. Explain Provider Assignment to Trial Groups
9. Define Outcomes, Timing and Analytic Levels
10. Present Participant and Cluster Flow
11. Report Baseline Context and Effect Estimates
12. Disclose Intervention-Developer and Other Stakeholder Involvement
13. Report Incentives and Bound Generalisability

ORIENTATION

What this guide owns

Current fact check

CONSORT-SPI 2018 extends nine of the 25 CONSORT 2010 items, including 14 sub-items, and adds item 26 with three stakeholder-involvement sub-items. Its development included an online Delphi process with 384 participants and a consensus meeting of 31 experts.

Canonical boundary

This article owns reporting of randomised social and psychological intervention trials with CONSORT-SPI 2018. It does not replace CONSORT 2025, determine intervention effectiveness, prescribe trial design or own all cluster-randomised reporting.

Worked example

Every chapter returns to a fictional randomised evaluation of a peer-led classroom routine intended to improve help-seeking during the secondary-school transition. It is fictional, low-stakes and educational; it does not report a real school, clinical decision or guaranteed outcome.

Did You Know? For consort_spi, complete reporting makes appraisal possible but does not perform the appraisal, remove bias or guarantee transfer.

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CHAPTER 1 OF 13

1. Identify the Trial and Hypothesised Pathway

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Why this move matters

Name the randomised design and state, if prespecified, how the intervention was expected to work.

Did You Know? CONSORT-SPI extends the objectives item to include a prespecified account of how the intervention was hypothesised to work.

Expose the social pathway

Name the randomised design and state, if prespecified, how the intervention was expected to work. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use The routine is expected to increase visible peer norms, reduce embarrassment and increase timely help-seeking. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Report who helped develop, deliver, analyse or interpret the intervention, including incentives and the intervention developer. This makes expertise and possible allegiance visible without assuming that involvement invalidates the study.

Bound transfer honestly

A plausible pathway is not proof of mediation. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Identify the Trial and Hypothesised Pathway”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

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2. Name the Unit of Random Assignment

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Why this move matters

State whether individuals, groups, classes, schools, neighbourhoods or settings were randomised and connect that unit to analysis.

Did You Know? The extension directs cluster designs to the CONSORT cluster-trial guidance.

Expose the social pathway

State whether individuals, groups, classes, schools, neighbourhoods or settings were randomised and connect that unit to analysis. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Classes are randomised while outcomes are measured for students nested within classes. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

Calling the study individually randomised would misrepresent dependence and exposure. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Name the Unit of Random Assignment”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

CHAPTER 3 OF 13

3. Describe Important Changes After Trial Commencement

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Why this move matters

Report eligibility, delivery, outcome or analytic changes with timing and reasons rather than smoothing them into the original plan.

Did You Know? Transparent changes help readers compare the protocol with the completed trial.

Expose the social pathway

Report eligibility, delivery, outcome or analytic changes with timing and reasons rather than smoothing them into the original plan. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Recruitment expands after one school withdraws, and the change is dated before outcome analysis. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

Operational necessity can still affect comparability and inference. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Describe Important Changes After Trial Commencement”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

CHAPTER 4 OF 13

4. Define Eligibility for Participants, Settings and Providers

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Why this move matters

Give criteria not only for participants but also, where applicable, for institutions and people delivering the programme.

Did You Know? CONSORT-SPI explicitly extends eligibility beyond the individual participant.

Expose the social pathway

Give criteria not only for participants but also, where applicable, for institutions and people delivering the programme. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Students, participating classes, schools and peer facilitators each have distinct eligibility rules. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

A broad student description can hide selective settings or highly experienced providers. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Define Eligibility for Participants, Settings and Providers”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

CHAPTER 5 OF 13

5. Describe Setting and Context

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Why this move matters

Report organisational, social, policy and material features that can affect delivery, uptake or outcomes.

Did You Know? Social interventions may interact with settings more strongly than a portable label suggests.

Expose the social pathway

Report organisational, social, policy and material features that can affect delivery, uptake or outcomes. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use The report describes timetable placement, existing support systems and whether teachers remain in the room. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

Context is not an excuse for every result; relevant pathways should be explained. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Describe Setting and Context”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

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6. Report Intervention Components for Every Group

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Why this move matters

Describe content, sequence, materials, provider behaviour, training, supervision and comparator conditions with access to manuals where possible.

Did You Know? Replication requires more than naming a programme package.

Expose the social pathway

Describe content, sequence, materials, provider behaviour, training, supervision and comparator conditions with access to manuals where possible. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Readers can find the peer script, facilitator guide and usual-practice description. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

A manual may not capture tacit skill or local improvisation. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Report Intervention Components for Every Group”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

CHAPTER 7 OF 13

7. Show Actual Delivery and Participant Uptake

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Why this move matters

Report the extent to which providers delivered and participants received or used the intervention as planned.

Did You Know? CONSORT-SPI item 5a adds actual provider delivery and participant uptake.

Expose the social pathway

Report the extent to which providers delivered and participants received or used the intervention as planned. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Attendance, completed peer routines and facilitator fidelity are reported separately. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

Attendance is not the same as engagement or mechanism activation. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Show Actual Delivery and Participant Uptake”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

CHAPTER 8 OF 13

8. Explain Provider Assignment to Trial Groups

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Why this move matters

When relevant, state how providers were assigned, whether they served more than one arm and how contamination or allegiance was managed.

Did You Know? Provider assignment can be as consequential as participant allocation.

Expose the social pathway

When relevant, state how providers were assigned, whether they served more than one arm and how contamination or allegiance was managed. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Facilitators work in one arm only and their prior experience is recorded. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

Separation reduces but does not eliminate information exchange. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Explain Provider Assignment to Trial Groups”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

CHAPTER 9 OF 13

9. Define Outcomes, Timing and Analytic Levels

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Why this move matters

Give prespecified outcomes, instruments, time points, scoring, missing-data rules and the level at which effects are estimated.

Did You Know? Complete outcome definitions protect the distinction between constructs and measures.

Expose the social pathway

Give prespecified outcomes, instruments, time points, scoring, missing-data rules and the level at which effects are estimated. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Student help-seeking is measured at eight weeks while class climate is analysed at class level. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

A self-report change may not establish behavioural or academic benefit. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Define Outcomes, Timing and Analytic Levels”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

CHAPTER 10 OF 13

10. Present Participant and Cluster Flow

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Why this move matters

Show recruitment, allocation, delivery, follow-up and analysis for people and clusters, including reasons for loss at each level.

Did You Know? CONSORT-SPI modifies the flow diagram for recruitment and retention realities.

Expose the social pathway

Show recruitment, allocation, delivery, follow-up and analysis for people and clusters, including reasons for loss at each level. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use The flow diagram shows schools, classes and students instead of one combined count. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

A stable student denominator can hide a lost cluster or changed setting. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Present Participant and Cluster Flow”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

CHAPTER 11 OF 13

11. Report Baseline Context and Effect Estimates

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Why this move matters

Provide relevant baseline information, estimates, uncertainty, harms or unintended effects and analyses that respect clustering and prespecification.

Did You Know? The extension adapts baseline and outcome reporting to social and psychological trials.

Expose the social pathway

Provide relevant baseline information, estimates, uncertainty, harms or unintended effects and analyses that respect clustering and prespecification. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Results include the intervention difference, confidence interval and school-level variation. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

Precision does not resolve bias from measurement or missing data. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Report Baseline Context and Effect Estimates”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

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12. Disclose Intervention-Developer and Other Stakeholder Involvement

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Why this move matters

State any role of the intervention developer and participation by service users, practitioners, communities or other stakeholders in design, conduct, analysis or reporting.

Did You Know? New item 26a and 26b make developer and stakeholder involvement explicit.

Expose the social pathway

State any role of the intervention developer and participation by service users, practitioners, communities or other stakeholders in design, conduct, analysis or reporting. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use The programme creator trains facilitators but does not score outcomes; students helped refine consent materials. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

Disclosure invites appraisal and does not automatically invalidate contribution. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Disclose Intervention-Developer and Other Stakeholder Involvement”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

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13. Report Incentives and Bound Generalisability

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Why this move matters

Describe incentives offered as part of the trial and discuss how people, relationships, institutions and implementation conditions shape transfer.

Did You Know? Item 26c covers incentives, while CONSORT-SPI strengthens attention to applicability.

Expose the social pathway

Describe incentives offered as part of the trial and discuss how people, relationships, institutions and implementation conditions shape transfer. Explain how resources, provider behaviour, participant response and setting are expected to connect. Social and psychological interventions often work through relationships and institutions that a short label cannot capture.

Trace delivery across levels

Use Peer facilitators receive certificates but no performance-linked reward, and the conclusion is limited to supported school settings. Follow the intervention developer, facilitator, participating class and school setting. State which level was eligible, assigned, measured and analysed so the reader does not confuse a person with a cluster.

Preserve stakeholder influence

Bound transfer honestly

An effect in motivated volunteer schools may not travel unchanged. The same manual may work differently when staff, institutions, incentives or participant relationships change. Generalisability needs contextual reasons, not a universal adjective.

Practical reader check

Point to the exact source or method sentence supporting the claim.
Name the person, setting, date, input and decision rule that could change its meaning.
Label the remaining uncertainty reported, inferred, contested or unknown.

Student, parent and career transfer

Make one evidence card for “Report Incentives and Bound Generalisability”: source location, plain-language meaning, limit and next question. A parent or teacher can ask for one everyday explanation and one specialist explanation; both must preserve the same conditions. This habit supports behavioural science, education research, social policy, programme evaluation, public health and evidence communication without promising a grade, admission, funding decision or job.

PRACTICE LAB

Build a social_trial decision trail

Student route

Choose one original report inside this guide’s scope.
Copy its objective and underline actor, action, context, evidence and intended decision.
Draw the specific reasoning chain used in this article.
Mark each step reported, inferred, contested or unknown.
Rewrite the conclusion so it preserves the narrowest important limitation.

Parent or teacher route

Ask the learner to explain show how a social or psychological intervention operated through people and settings twice: once to a classmate and once to a method specialist. Praise a precise correction and a well-stated unknown; both show disciplined attention to evidence.

Early-career route

Create a one-page consort_spi audit with source link, date checked, scope, method logic, decisive wording, contrary evidence, limit and next action. A colleague should be able to continue without guessing.

Decision rule

If a shorter explanation removes the condition that made the original claim true, it is not clearer yet. Restore the condition.

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USEFUL NEXT READING

Connect this narrow owner to its neighbour

Read the PRISMA-S literature-search guide for a related but different reader job. Return here when the question is specifically how to show how a social or psychological intervention operated through people and settings. This boundary keeps one canonical owner per intent.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Questions students and parents often ask

What does CONSORT-SPI cover?

Randomised trials of social and psychological interventions.

Is it a replacement for CONSORT?

No. It is an extension used with the parent CONSORT guidance.

How many core items does it extend?

Nine CONSORT 2010 items, incorporating 14 sub-items, plus a new three-part stakeholder item.

Why report providers separately?

Their eligibility, training, assignment and fidelity may affect what was delivered.

What is stakeholder involvement item 26?

It covers the intervention developer, other stakeholders and incentives.

Does transparent reporting prove an intervention works?

No. It supports appraisal of design, delivery, evidence and transfer.

PRIMARY SOURCES

Read the original consort_spi guidance

Facts were checked against original publications and official records on 5 November 2026. Follow the live source for later corrections, completed updates or companion material.

A cheerful final note

Precise English makes show how a social or psychological intervention operated through people and settings more generous, not less. People can see how their evidence and values entered the work, where disagreement remains and what a responsible next step looks like.

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