중학생을 위한 학교중심 음주예방프로그램에 관한 연구

Developing school-based drinking prevention program for the youth:Focused on middle school students

Previous studies have consistently shown that adolescents' drinking in Korea has been increasing and that alcohol has been the most widely used substance by them. The purpose of this study was to develop a school-based alcohol prevention program and to evaluate its effectiveness. The program, school-based alcohol prevention program developed based upon the social influence model, is composed of six sessions. The program focused on teaching students various social skilIs and self-management skills to resist alcohol-related social influences as well as on correcting misconceptions about alcohol. A total of 38 students were participated in this study. The program was conducted in a boys'middle schools which \,ere located in Cheongju. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program. this study compared the scores of pre-post test on the dependent measures including alcohol expectancies and drinking behaviors. Followings are the major findings of this study. First, the findings on alcohol expectancies were consistently lowered. Second, the frequencies of drinking and per month were decreased over time in the experimental group. Third, overall social skills were increased over time. It was concluded that the program was effective in changing adolescents' social skills, alcohol expectancies and their drinking behaviors. Finally this study recommends that school-based alcohol prevention programs like this one should be implemented in order to reduce and prevent adolescents' drinking in Korea.