This study analysed the effects of a school-based programme designed to prevent alcohol and tobacco consumption. The programme’s intermediate aim was to reduce the risk factors and to promote protective factors at school level for alcohol and tobacco consumption. Six junior high schools implemented the programme over a period of three years. Four similar schools were selected as a control group. The programme’s effectiveness was assessed by a longitudinal study that involved students from 11 to 13 years old. The programme’s effects were differentiated between students at risk and students not at risk in relation to the perception of several variables concerning the relationship with the school. The findings showed that the students participating in the programme improved the quality of the relationship with teachers and reduced tobacco and alcohol consumption compared to the control group students. These changes were even greater in the case of the students at risk.The implications of these findings in relation to the potential and limits of school-based prevention programmes are discussed.
Il presente studio ha analizzato gli effetti di un programma realizzato a scuola per la prevenzione del consumo di tabacco e alcol. Obiettivo intermedio del programma è stata la riduzione dei fattori di rischio e la promozione dei fattori di protezione a livello scolastico per il consumo di sostanze. È stato realizzato in sei istituti secondari di primo grado per un periodo di tre anni. Quattro scuole equivalenti sono state scelte come gruppo di controllo. La valutazione dell’efficacia del programma è stata effettuata attraverso uno studio longitudinale che ha coinvolto gli studenti dagli 11 ai 13 anni. Gli effetti sono stati differenziati tra studenti a rischio e non a rischio rispetto alla percezione di alcune variabili inerenti il rapporto con la scuola. I risultati mostrano che gli studenti che hanno partecipato al programma hanno migliorato la qualità di relazione con gli insegnanti e diminuito il consumo di tabacco e alcol rispetto agli studenti del gruppo di controllo. Tali cambiamenti sono maggiormente accentuati per gli studenti a rischio. Le implicazioni sono discusse rispetto a potenzialità e limiti dei programmi di prevenzione a scuola.
Prevenzione del consumo di sostanze psicoattive e disagio scolastico
SCACCHI L;
2010-01-01
Abstract
This study analysed the effects of a school-based programme designed to prevent alcohol and tobacco consumption. The programme’s intermediate aim was to reduce the risk factors and to promote protective factors at school level for alcohol and tobacco consumption. Six junior high schools implemented the programme over a period of three years. Four similar schools were selected as a control group. The programme’s effectiveness was assessed by a longitudinal study that involved students from 11 to 13 years old. The programme’s effects were differentiated between students at risk and students not at risk in relation to the perception of several variables concerning the relationship with the school. The findings showed that the students participating in the programme improved the quality of the relationship with teachers and reduced tobacco and alcohol consumption compared to the control group students. These changes were even greater in the case of the students at risk.The implications of these findings in relation to the potential and limits of school-based prevention programmes are discussed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.