TY - JOUR
T1 - At-risk students
T2 - Drug prevention through afterschool/latchkey programs?
AU - James, William H.
AU - Wabaunsee, Rissa
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported, in part, by a grant from the United States Department of Education, Metropolitan Development Council, Tacoma School District, Tacoma, Washington. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of latchkey staff at Hunt Middle School, McIlvaigh Middle School, and Whitman Elementary School.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - The importance of after school latchkey programs as a major deterrent to the onset of drug use among elementary and secondary school students is reviewed. Most of the data in this study support the need for after school latchkey programs, especially at the elementary school level. Elementary school students indicated gains in all diagnostic categories. The elementary school students showed positive gain scores in family, school, self-esteem, substance use, and personal abuse categories. Elementary school students showed positive gain scores in the substance use category while secondary school students showed negative gain in this area. There is a need to reassert the role of after school latchkey programs in the development of socially desirable behaviors in elementary school students, with a particular need to reassert the role of increasing positive self-esteem in relation to drug use and peer influences. Some implications for educational interventions and drug prevention programs are discussed.
AB - The importance of after school latchkey programs as a major deterrent to the onset of drug use among elementary and secondary school students is reviewed. Most of the data in this study support the need for after school latchkey programs, especially at the elementary school level. Elementary school students indicated gains in all diagnostic categories. The elementary school students showed positive gain scores in family, school, self-esteem, substance use, and personal abuse categories. Elementary school students showed positive gain scores in the substance use category while secondary school students showed negative gain in this area. There is a need to reassert the role of after school latchkey programs in the development of socially desirable behaviors in elementary school students, with a particular need to reassert the role of increasing positive self-esteem in relation to drug use and peer influences. Some implications for educational interventions and drug prevention programs are discussed.
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U2 - 10.3109/09687639509006673
DO - 10.3109/09687639509006673
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0005278762
SN - 0968-7637
VL - 2
SP - 65
EP - 75
JO - Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
JF - Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
IS - 1
ER -