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ERIC Number: EJ560243
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
The Mediating Influence of Refusal Skills in Preventing Adolescent Alcohol Misuse.
Wynn, Sheri R.; Schulenberg, John; Kloska, Deborah D.; Laetz, Virginia B.
Journal of School Health, v67 n9 p390-95 Nov 1997
Examined the relationship between junior high school students' participation in an alcohol prevention program and level of refusal skills (as measured by role plays), noting the relationship between refusal skills and alcohol misuse over three years. Regression analysis indicated that refusal skills were significant mediators of the effect of the intervention on alcohol misuse. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Promotion, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Peer Influence, Resistance to Temptation, Self Control, Student Behavior
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Risk Reduction; Risk Taking Behavior