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A Study of the Credibility Factor in Drug Education Programs.
Pietro J. Pascale,Fred Streit +1 more
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In this article, the authors examined the relationship between educational level of students and the degree to which they will endorse various sources of information concerning drug problems and concluded that there are certain critical periods in the development of the human organism that coincide with several of these critical periods.Abstract:
There are certain critical periods in the development of the human organism. The years of schooling coincide with several of these critical periods. One of the psycho-educational implications of these critical periods is the degree to which students will believe their source of information and indeed to what source they will turn for information and help. This empirical study has examined by chi-square procedures, the relationship between educational level of students, and the degree to which they will endorse various sources of information concerning drug problems.read more
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Sources of Information about “Drugs”:
TL;DR: In an attempt to decide who should deliver drug information to target audiences sixteen studies were examined and the results reported.
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Message Source Credibility in Drug Education
TL;DR: "Doctoral-level, university-trained professionals with relevant experience" was found to be the message source deemed most credible by both groups of students.
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Changes in Attitudes towards Drug Educators as a Function of Communicator Sex and Role
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed changes in attitudes towards drug educators following a session on drug abuse and found significant interactions between role and sex of communicator indicated that: 1. male ex-addicts produced more positive changes in evaluation than female exaddicts and 2. female specialists produce more positive ratings of potency than male specialists.
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Perceived risk and sources of information regarding cocaine.
TL;DR: While juveniles sampled had entered treatment within a year of first cocaine use, adults entered treatment 7.9 years after first use and reported an average of 6.6 years of cocaine use before experiencing the first negative consequences.
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A Practical Approach to Drug Education.
TL;DR: A cogent drug education program, factorally suited to age-education, developmental and cultural variables and longitudinally implemented throughout a community educational system, is the preventive resolution.
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