Using live theatre combined with role playing and discussion to examine what at-risk adolescents think about substance abuse, its consequences, and prevention

Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 124, 1996, Pages 783-796

  Harding, Carol Gibb ^c   Safer, L Arthur ^a   Kavanagh, Jack ^a   Bania, Robert ^a   Carty, Heidi ^b   Lisnov, Lisa ^b   Wysockey, Kathryn ^c  

^a Dept Educ Leadership Plcy Studs ^*

^b Research Methodology

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHICAGO; DRAMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030341082     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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