Randomized Controlled Evaluation of the "Too Good for Drugs" Prevention Program: Impact on Adolescents at Different Risk Levels for Drug Use

Autor/inn/en	Hall, Bruce W.; Bacon, Tina P.; Ferron, John M.
Titel	Randomized Controlled Evaluation of the "Too Good for Drugs" Prevention Program: Impact on Adolescents at Different Risk Levels for Drug Use
Quelle	In: Journal of Drug Education, 43 (2013) 3, S.277-300 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2379
Schlagwörter	Drug Education; Prevention; Adolescents; Program Effectiveness; Risk; Drug Use; Randomized Controlled Trials; Grade 6; Middle School Students; Intervention; Student Behavior; Smoking; Drinking; Marijuana; Student Surveys; Outcomes of Education; Comparative Analysis; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drogenarbeit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risiko; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Rauchen; Trinken; Schülerbefragung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	Sixth graders participating in the "Too Good for Drugs" (TGFD) prevention program in comparison to 6th graders not participating show different results by student risk level. Sixth graders from 20 middle schools were randomly assigned to receive the intervention and those from 20 paired middle schools assigned to serve as controls (N = 10,762). Participants were identified as low, moderate, or high risk for drug usage based on their rates of behaviors reported prior to the start of the study. Student behavior outcomes (smoking, alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and marijuana usage) as well as risk and protective (R&P) outcomes were surveyed at three points in time (before, after, and 6 months following treatment). Results show the TGFD to have a suppressive effect on reported drug use behavior and a strengthening effect on R&P outcomes among high risk students following treatment and 6 months later. Some effects were also found for low and moderate risk students. A favorable treatment effect was found on mathematics achievement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01