Modifying Pro-Drug Risk Factors in Adolescents: Results from Project ALERT

Autor/inn/en	Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie; Longshore, Douglas L.; Ellickson, Phyllis L.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.
Titel	Modifying Pro-Drug Risk Factors in Adolescents: Results from Project ALERT
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 31 (2004) 3, S.318-334 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198104263333
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Middle School Students; Prevention; Drug Use; Early Adolescents; Effect Size; Grade 8; Grade 7; Drug Education; At Risk Persons; Rural Areas; Program Effectiveness; Smoking; Drinking; Marijuana; Comprehensive School Health Education; Grade 9; Grade 10; High School Students; Student Characteristics; Beliefs; South Dakota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Drogenarbeit; Risikogruppe; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rauchen; Trinken; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Belief; Glaube; South-Dakota
Abstract	The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a revised state-of-the-art drug prevention program, Project ALERT, on risk factors for drug use in mostly rural midwestern schools and communities. Fifty-five middle schools from South Dakota were randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions. Treatment-group students received 11 lessons in Grade 7 and 3 more in Grade 8. Effects for 4,276 eighth graders were assessed 18 months after baseline. Results indicate that Project ALERT had statistically significant effects on all the targeted risk factors associated with cigarette and marijuana use and more modest gains with the pro-alcohol risk factors. The program helped adolescents at low, moderate, and high risk for future use, with the effect sizes typically stronger for the low- and moderate-risk groups. Thus, school-based drug prevention programs can lower risk factors that correlate with drug use, help low- to high-risk adolescents, and be effective in diverse school environments. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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