Underestimates of student substance use by school personnel: A cause for concern?
| Autor: | Gary L. Welton, William W. Finger, Mark Van Tuinen, Thomas L. McCalla, Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Ross C. Brownson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Substance-Related Disorders education Smoking Prevention medicine Humans Child Students Psychiatry General Psychology Medical education Missouri Geographic area business.industry Incidence Smoking Psychiatry and Mental health Health psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Attitude Self evaluation Female School environment Substance use business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 14:397-407 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3521 0160-7715 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00845115 |
| Popis: | The present study was designed to compare school personnel's (i.e., principals, counselors, teachers) estimates of student substance use with student self-reported data. Comparisons were made in 78 schools between 5431 student self-reports of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use and 170 school personnel's estimates of student substance use. The results indicated that a significant number of school personnel were unable to estimate student substance use. Personnel who did provide estimates typically underestimated the degree of substance use, in comparison to student self-reported substance use. School personnel did not significantly overestimate use in comparison to student self-reported substance use for any substance in any grade or geographic area. It is suggested that school personnel may resist the adoption of prevention programs because of a perceived lack of need due to underestimation of the substance use problem. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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