Abstract

The proposed research calls for a longitudinal study of students who experience a school-based alcohol misuse prevention intervention in the fifth and sixth grades. The objectives are to develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of the alcohol misuse prevention program with a group of 2,800 fifth and sixth grade students and 2,000 controls. Half of the fifth graders who experience the intervention will receive a """"""""booster"""""""" treatment during their sixth grade year. The students will be pretested on a questionnaire concerning their alcohol use and other health behaviors and experiences prior to the intervention and post-tested once a year subsequent to the intervention. The objectives are to (1) test the short-term effectiveness of the intervention, (2) test the relative effectiveness of the intervention when introduced in the sixth grade versus introduction in the fifth grade with a """"""""booster"""""""" program in the sixth grade, (3) test the relative effectiveness of the intervention for boys and girls, (4) test the relative effectiveness of the intervention for students who receive high or low scores on measures of self-esteem and internal locus of control, (5) test the generalizability of the intervention in a second school system, and (6) produce a validated set of alcohol misuse prevention curriculum materials for use by other groups.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AA006324-02
Application #
3109497
Study Section
Alcohol Psychosocial Research Review Committee (ALCP)
Project Start
1984-04-01
Project End
1988-03-31
Budget Start
1985-04-01
Budget End
1986-03-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1985
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
791277940
City
Ann Arbor
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48109

  Publications

Elliott, Michael R; Shope, Jean T; Raghunathan, Trivellore E et al. (2006) Gender differences among young drivers in the association between high-risk driving and substance use/environmental influences. J Stud Alcohol 67:252-60
Zakrajsek, Jennifer S; Shope, Jean T (2006) Longitudinal examination of underage drinking and subsequent drinking and risky driving. J Safety Res 37:443-51
Bingham, C Raymond; Shope, Jean T; Raghunathan, Trivellore (2006) Patterns of traffic offenses from adolescent licensure into early young adulthood. J Adolesc Health 39:35-42
Bingham, C Raymond; Shope, Jean T (2004) Adolescent developmental antecedents of risky driving among young adults. J Stud Alcohol 65:84-94
Steinman, Kenneth J; Schulenberg, John (2003) A pattern-centered approach to evaluating substance use prevention programs. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev :87-98
Shope, Jean T; Raghunathan, Trivellore E; Patil, Sujata M (2003) Examining trajectories of adolescent risk factors as predictors of subsequent high-risk driving behavior. J Adolesc Health 32:214-24
Schulenberg, John E; Maggs, Jennifer L (2002) A developmental perspective on alcohol use and heavy drinking during adolescence and the transition to young adulthood. J Stud Alcohol Suppl :54-70
Schulenberg, J; Maggs, J L; Long, S W et al. (2001) The problem of college drinking: insights from a developmental perspective. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 25:473-7
Shope, J T; Elliott, M R; Raghunathan, T E et al. (2001) Long-term follow-up of a high school alcohol misuse prevention program's effect on students' subsequent driving. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 25:403-10
Shope, J T; Waller, P F; Raghunathan, T E et al. (2001) Adolescent antecedents of high-risk driving behavior into young adulthood: substance use and parental influences. Accid Anal Prev 33:649-58

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