Strengthening resistance self-efficacy: influence of teaching approaches and gender on different consumption groups.
Our study focused on strengthening the individual self-efficacy of low achieving 8th graders reducing drug-specific peer pressure through theoretical and practical training. The subject of the intervention was based on a substance-specific life skills program offering both teacher-centered and student-centered teaching approaches. A cluster analysis identified four consumption groups in our pre-test setting: (1) A "potentially curious" sample; (2) an "actually curious" sample; (3) an "experimenter" sample; and (4) a "consumer" sample. Self-efficacy was measured three times in a pre-, post-, and retention-test design. Only the "potentially curious" sub-sample showed higher resistance self-efficacy, boys and girls revealed no differences. Altogether, a short- and middle-term consistent increase was detected in both teaching methods. Consequences to increase the efficiency of drug prevention measurements are being discussed.
Heyne
Thomas
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University of Würzburg, Faculty of Biology, Didactics of Biology, Germany. thomas.heyne@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Bogner
Franz X
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D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*