Reducing the Risk of Drug Involvement Among Early Adolescents

Michele Alicia Harmon
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Michele Alicia Harmon: University of Maryland

Evaluation Review, 1993, vol. 17, issue 2, 221-239

Abstract: This article examines the effectiveness of the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program in Charleston County, South Carolina by comparing 341 fifth-grade DARE students to 367 non-DARE students. Significant differences were found in the predicted direction for alcohol use in the last year, belief in prosocial norms, association with drug-using peers, positive peer association, attitudes against substance use, and assertiveness. No differences were found on cigarette, tobacco, or marijuana use in the last year, frequency of any drug use in the past month, attitudes about police, coping strategies, attachment and commitment to school, rebellious behavior, and self-esteem.

Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9301700206

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