School-Based Drug Prevention among At-Risk Adolescents: Effects of ALERT Plus

Autor/inn/en	Longshore, Douglas; Ellickson, Phyllis L.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; St. Clair, Patricia A.
Titel	School-Based Drug Prevention among At-Risk Adolescents: Effects of ALERT Plus
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 34 (2007) 4, S.651-668 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198106294895
Schlagwörter	Females; Marijuana; Prevention; Drug Education; Drug Abuse; At Risk Persons; Comparative Analysis; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Drinking; Adolescents; Grade 9; Social Influences; Gender Differences; Grade 7; Middle School Students; High School Students; Behavior Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Drogenarbeit; Risikogruppe; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Sozialer Einfluss; Geschlechterkonflikt; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin
Abstract	In a recent randomized field trial, Ellickson et al. found the Project ALERT drug prevention curriculum curbed alcohol misuse and tobacco and marijuana use among eighth-grade adolescents. This article reports effects among ninth-grade at-risk adolescents. Comparisons between at-risk girls in ALERT Plus schools (basic curriculum extended to ninth grade with five booster lessons) and at-risk girls in control schools showed the program curbed weekly alcohol and marijuana use, at-risk drinking, alcohol use resulting in negative consequences, and attitudinal and perceptual factors conducive to drug use. Program-induced changes in perceived social influences, one's ability to resist those influences, and beliefs about the consequences of drug use mediated the ALERT Plus effects on drug use. No significant effects emerged for at-risk boys or at-risk adolescents in schools where the basic ALERT curriculum (covering seventh and eighth grades only) was delivered. Possible reasons for gender differences and implications for prevention programming are discussed. (Contains 5 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10