Integrating Life Skills Into a Theory-Based Drug-Use Prevention Program: Effectiveness Among Junior High Students in Taiwan

Journal of School Health

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 328-335

  Huang, Chiu Mieh ^a   Chien, Li Yin ^a   Cheng, Chin Feng ^b   Guo, Jong Long ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Executive Yuan   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Drug use prevention; Life skills; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862026395     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2012.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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