The Study Effects one of Addiction Preventing Program in Adolescentsâ Self-Esteem, Attitude,Tendency and Knowledge in Substance Abuse
Subject Areas : Educationalعلیرضا رجائی 1 , محمدحسین بیاضی 2
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Keywords: self-esteem, prevention of addiction, Attitude, adolescents, knowledge, Tendency,
Abstract :
Abstract: This research examines influences the effects one of addiction preventing program on self-esteem, attitude, tendency and knowledge of adolescents in substance abuse. This program included the ways of coping with stress and increasing self- assertion, also resistance ways against peers’ pressure and gave correct information about the substance and substance abuse. The sample comprised subjects from high school boy students of torbat-jaam. These subjects were divided in experimental and control groups. First, the means of pretest and post- test in two groups were compared separately with the paired samples T- Test. The data showed that this addiction prevention program increases self- esteem, and knowledge and decreases tendency of experimental group to drug abuse, but in the control group these effects were not observed. For the second group used independent samples t- Test was used to compare the mean differences the pretest and post-test of the two groups. The data showed that the prevention program only had decreased the tendency of the experimental group towards drug abuse, but there were not significant differences in self- esteem, attitude, and knowledge of the two groups.