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Title: School-Based Substance Abuse Programs: Can They Influence Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Related to Substance Abuse?
Author : North American Journal of Psychology
Release Date : January 01, 2006
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 238 KB

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Over the course of one academic year (2002 - 2003), 413 high school students participated in a study to assess the effectiveness of a school-based substance abuse curriculum. Methods included pre and post test surveys. The substance abuse curriculum was successful in improving students' knowledge of (p .001) and attitudes about (p .05) substance abuse. In terms of behavior, 36% of the students who used drugs reported a decline in use and 26% who used alcohol reported a decline in use. Other noteworthy findings included the percentages of students who stated that exposure to the program had them "thinking about" reducing their use as well as percentages of students who acknowledged the negative impact substance use had on their schoolwork, family relationships, and choice of friends. The Monitoring the Future survey (Johnston, Bachman & O'Malley, 2002) is perhaps the best known longitudinal study on trends in teenage substance abuse. It reports that alcohol remains the most popular drug of choice, with 80% of high school seniors acknowledging its use and almost half of high school seniors reporting use of marijuana. "Club drugs" (like ecstasy--MDMA) as well as stimulants have become more popular at the turn of the century. Gatins (2005) reported similar findings with alcohol and marijuana being far more likely to be used by adolescents than other drugs.

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