title: Life Skills Interventions to Improve Social Confidence, Self-Management, and Protection against Drug Use in Rural Elementary School Aged Children.
abstract: This pilot project evaluated the effectiveness of a life skills training program for elementary-school-aged children for development of social confidence, self-management, and general social and drug resistance skills. The setting was a rural community after-school program. Children participated in 30-min weekly sessions for 8 weeks. Pre- and posttest scores were analyzed to determine effectiveness of the program. Results showed improvements in antismoking and antidrinking attitudes and use of self-management and general social skills, and social confidence in conflict situations. The life skills training intervention serves as a potential supplement to community programs for the prevention of behaviors such as bullying, smoking and drug use among elementary school aged children.
authors.affiliation: a Family Nurse Practitioner , Americus , Georgia.
authors.forename: Deborah D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Tymes
authors.affiliation: b School of Nursing, Troy University , Troy , Alabama.
authors.forename: Kerri L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Outlaw
authors.affiliation: b School of Nursing, Troy University , Troy , Alabama.
authors.forename: Bernita K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control; D058445:Bullying / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012424:Rural Population; D012572:School Health Services; D012649:Self Concept; D020377:Self Efficacy; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D066107:Social Skills; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires