EFFECT OF DRUG EDUCATION GROUPS UPON ATTACHMENT TO SCHOOL

• NCJ Number: 12861
• Author(s): G A GRIZZLE; R A BOYKIN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 52 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-NI-04-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of North Carolina
• Publication Format: Document
• Note: MECKLENBURG CRIMINAL JUSTICE PILOT PROJECT

Annotation

STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH DRUG EDUCATION GROUPS HAD AN IMPACT UPON TWO DIMENSIONS OF ATTACHMENT TO SCHOOL - ABSENTEEISM AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.

Abstract

THE REPORT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPING FUTURE DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAMS. SPECIFICALLY, IT FOCUSES ON THESE QUESTIONS - (1) IN TERMS OF ABSENTEEISM AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, DID GROUP PARTICIPANTS IMPROVE MORE THAN NONPARTICIPANTS WHILE THE GROUPS FUNCTIONED? (2) IF SO, WAS THE IMPROVEMENT MAINTAINED AFTER THE GROUPS ENDED? (3) IN WHICH TYPES OF GROUP DID STUDENTS IMPROVE THE MOST? (4) STUDENTS WITH WHICH CHARACTERISTICS IMPROVED THE MOST? THE STUDY DETERMINED THAT IN CHANGING A STUDENT'S ATTACHMENT TO SCHOOL, FIVE OF THE EIGHT EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS DID BETTER THAN THE CONTROL GROUP, ONE GROUP DID EQUALLY WELL, AND TWO GROUPS DID WORSE. THE GROUPS MOST SUCCESSFUL IN IMPROVING ATTACHMENT TO SCHOOL USED GROUP-GENERATED PROJECTS AS A TECHNIQUE FOR FACILITATING THE GROUP'S DEVELOPMENT AND HAD A HUMANISTIC ORIENTATION. THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL GROUPS WERE DRUG ORIENTED. MUCH OF THE GAIN EXPERIENCED BY THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS DURING THE PROGRAM WAS LOST BY YEAR'S END AFTER THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS DISSOLVED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) CHARLOTTE (NC)