Group discussion and drug abuse prevention.
The present study examined the usefulness of applying a group discussion technique known as the choice shift procedure to drug abuse prevention. Choice shift discussions produced both immediate and long-term antiabusive changes in college womens' drug attitudes. A second intervention, public commitment, exerted a variable influence on immediate attitude change. These results suggest that the group choice shift procedure could prove to be a useful component of drug abuse prevention programs.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*