The effectiveness of primary prevention intervention on the risk/protective factors of substance use behavior in adolescents: A randomized controlled trial
Subject Areas : Psychology
saeedeh sadat mostafavi
1
,
ُShahriar Shahidi
2
*
,
saeed imani
3
*
,
alireza noroozi
4
,
pegah nejat
5
1 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences Shahid Beheshti University
4 - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Tehran. Iran.
5 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Prevention program, Randomized Controlled Trial, substance use, adolescents,
Abstract :
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a primary prevention intervention on the risk and protective factors related to substance use behavior in adolescents. This experimental research utilized a pretest-posttest control group design with a three-month follow-up. The study population comprised middle school students and their parents from District 19 of the Tehran Education Department. A total of 60 adolescents were randomly selected and assigned to experimental groups (each group containing 20 participants). Before and after the educational interventions, participants completed the Social Capital Questionnaire for Adolescents (Payva et al., 2014) and the Communities That Care Youth Survey (Arthur et al., 2002). Adolescents in the experimental groups underwent 10 weekly sessions of primary prevention intervention protocols focused on substance-seeking behavior. Additionally, parents in one of the experimental groups attended an educational intervention comprising three sessions. The mixed ANOVA results indicated that the primary prevention intervention effectively reduced the risk factors and increased the protective factors associated with substance use behavior in adolescents. Overall, the findings support the social development model as a comprehensive and multifaceted framework that integrates approaches like the social influence approach and the competency enhancement approach within the context of substance use prevention in adolescents. The study suggests that adolescents' resilience against substance-seeking behavior can be effectively enhanced by simultaneously addressing all contributing factors.
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