Ways to Say No: Refusal Skill Strategies among Urban Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Nichols, Tracy R.; Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Botvin, Gilbert J.
Titel	Ways to Say No: Refusal Skill Strategies among Urban Adolescents
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 30 (2006) 3, S.227-236 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-3244
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Prevention; Assertiveness; Adolescents; Minority Group Children; Grade 6; Urban Schools; Early Adolescents; Verbal Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Role Playing; Psychological Patterns; Resistance (Psychology); Crime + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Rollenspiel; Resistenz; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt
Abstract	Objectives: To examine associations among adolescents' generated verbal strategies (ie, Simple No, Declarative Statements, Excuse, Alternatives) and underlying nonverbal assertiveness in 2 refusal situations: smoking and shoplifting. Methods: Sixth-grade urban minority students (N = 454) participated in videotaped role-play assessments of peer refusal skills. Results: Differences were found by situation with students demonstrating greater use of Simple No in the smoking refusal and Alternatives in the shoplifting refusal. Nonverbal assertiveness was similar across situations and was associated with Declarative Statements, but only in the smoking refusal. Conclusions: Prevention programs should tailor refusal skills practice to cover multiple situations. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10