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- Title
Longitudinal Study of Assertion Training as a Drug Abuse Prevention Strategy.
- Authors
Horan, John J.; Williams, John M.
- Abstract
Seventy-two nonassertive junior high school students were assigned randomly to assertion training (in which one-third of the training stimuli involved drug-use peer pressure), placebo discussions focused on similar topics, or no treatment at all. At posttest, the experimental students showed highly significant gains on behavioral and psycho- metric measures of assertiveness as well as decreased willingness to use alcohol and marijuana. At a 3-year follow-up point these students continued to display higher levels of assertiveness and less actual drug use.
- Subjects
JUNIOR high school students; DRUG abuse prevention; ASSERTIVENESS (Psychology); PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS
- Publication
American Educational Research Journal, 1982, Vol 19, Issue 3, p341
- ISSN
0002-8312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3102/00028312019003341