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Preventing Drug Abuse Among Adolescent Girls: Outcome Data from an Internet-Based Intervention

Authors: Traci M. Schwinn, Steven P. Schinke, Jennifer Di Noia

Published in: Prevention Science | Issue 1/2010

Abstract

This study developed and tested an Internet-based gender-specific drug abuse prevention program for adolescent girls. A sample of seventh, eighth, and ninth grade girls (N = 236) from 42 states and 4 Canadian provinces were randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. All girls completed an online pretest battery. Following pretest, intervention girls interacted with a 12-session, Internet-based gender-specific drug prevention program. Girls in both groups completed the measurement battery at posttest and 6-month follow-up. Analysis of posttest scores revealed no differences between groups for 30-day reports of alcohol, marijuana, poly drug use, or total substance use (alcohol and drugs). At 6-month follow-up, between-group effects were found on measures of 30-day alcohol use, marijuana use, poly drug use, and total substance use. Relative to girls in the control group, girls exposed to the Internet-based intervention reported lower rates of use for these substances. Moreover, girls receiving the intervention achieved gains over girls in the control group on normative beliefs and self-efficacy at posttest and 6-month follow-up, respectively.

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Title: Preventing Drug Abuse Among Adolescent Girls: Outcome Data from an Internet-Based Intervention
Authors: Traci M. Schwinn
Steven P. Schinke
Jennifer Di Noia
Publication date: 01-03-2010
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Prevention Science / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1389-4986
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6695
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-009-0146-9

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