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The Effects of Project Success on Student Academic Performance: A Quasi-Experimental Study
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Shamblen, Stephen R.; Ringwalt, Chris – Journal of Drug Education, 2008
Project SUCCESS (PS) is a substance use prevention program that targets indicated high school students. We used archival data to explore the program's effects on students' academic achievement and disciplinary problems. It is essential to demonstrate such effects, if prevention curricula are to survive in schools that face multiple competing…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Prevention, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Impact of Two Social-Cognitive Interventions to Prevent Adolescent Substance Use: Test of an Amenability to Treatment Model.
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Snow, David L.; Tebes, Jacob Kraemer; Ayers, Tim S. – Journal of Drug Education, 1997
Tests the impact of two social-cognitive interventions implemented in the 6th grade (Intervention 1) and 8th/9th grades (Intervention 2) on student's skill acquisition and on their 9th and 10th grade substance use. Results indicate positive program effects for Intervention 2 on skill acquisition and overall drug involvement. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Drug Use, Elementary Secondary Education
The Impact of the"I'm Special" Program on Student Substance Abuse and Other Related Student Problem Behavior.
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Kim, Sehwan; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1989
Compared substance use and problem behavior of students who participated in "I'm Special" Program (ISP) in fourth grade and of non-participants during later school years. Found proportion of current substance users and incidence of related problem behavior were significantly lower among ISP graduates, especially in grades five through seven. ISP…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Drug Education, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Does D.A.R.E. Work? An Evaluation in Rural Tennessee.
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Zagumny, Matthew J.; Thompson, Michael K. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1997
Uses longitudinal analysis to measure the effectiveness of the Drug Abuse Resistance Program (D.A.R.E.) in a rural Tennessee school system. Results suggest that time, rather than D.A.R.E. participation, produced lower frequencies of alcohol and drug use. Additionally, adolescents did not report a delay in the use of alcohol or drugs, offering…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Education, Illegal Drug Use, Longitudinal Studies