Program Provider and Observer Ratings of School-Based Preventive Intervention Implementation: Agreement and Relation to Youth Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Lillehoj, Catherine J. (Goldberg); Griffin, Kenneth W.; Spoth, Richard
Titel	Program Provider and Observer Ratings of School-Based Preventive Intervention Implementation: Agreement and Relation to Youth Outcomes
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 31 (2004) 2, S.242-257 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198103260514
Schlagwörter	Age; Intervention; Social Desirability; Prevention; Program Implementation; Youth Programs; Observation; Rural Areas; Middle School Students; Prediction; Longitudinal Studies; Outcomes of Education; Correlation; Substance Abuse; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Soziales Bedürfnis; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Jugendsofortprogramm; Beobachtung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Vorhersage; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Korrelation; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Messdaten
Abstract	Few prevention studies have examined the degree to which different measures of program implementation adherence predict youth outcomes. The current study was conducted with rural middle school youth participating in a longitudinal school-based preventive intervention program. Study participants' average age at the pretest assessment was 12.3 years. The association between program implementation ratings supplied by provider self-reports and trained independent observer reports were evaluated. In addition, the relationship between measures of implementation and youth outcomes were examined. Results indicated that although program providers tended to report higher implementation than independent observers, most ratings were correlated significantly across raters. Observer-reported implementation ratings significantly predicted several youth substance-related outcomes, while provider-reported self-ratings did not.Program provider characteristics predicted several youth outcomes. Findings suggest that there might be a social desirability bias in provider self-reported ratings of implementation and that caution must be used when interpreting self-reported ratings of implementation. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10