Preventing youth violence and delinquency through a universal school-based prevention approach
Preventing youth violence and delinquency through a universal school-based prevention approach
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DOI：
10.1007/s11121-006-0057-y
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Nichols, Tracy Diaz
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作者：
Botvin, Gilbert J.;Griffin, Kenneth W.;Nichols, Tracy Diaz
暴力是美国青少年中的一个重要公共卫生问题。吸毒和暴力往往在青少年中同时发生，而且似乎有相似的病因。本研究审查了以一系列个人一级的风险和保护因素为目标的综合预防办法在多大程度上能够减少暴力和犯罪，以前发现这种办法在预防烟草、酒精和非法药物使用方面是有效的。学校(N=41)被随机分配到干预和控制条件下。20所干预学校的参与者接受了生活技能培训预防计划，包括侧重于暴力和媒体、愤怒管理和冲突解决技能的材料。调查数据来自干预前和干预后三个月的4858名六年级学生。研究结果显示，与对照组相比，干预参与者的暴力和犯罪行为显著减少。接受过至少一半预防干预的学生具有更强的预防效果。这些影响包括减少言语和身体上的攻击、打斗和犯罪。这项研究的结果表明，以前发现的以学校为基础的预防方法可以防止烟草、酒精和非法药物的使用，也可以防止暴力和犯罪。
Violence is an important public health problem among adolescents in the United States. Substance use and violence tend to co-occur among adolescents and appear to have similar etiologies. The present study examined the extent to which a comprehensive prevention approach targeting an array of individual-level risk and protective factors and previously found effective in preventing tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use is capable of decreasing violence and delinquency. Schools (N=41) were randomly assigned to intervention and control conditions. Participants in the 20 intervention schools received the Life Skills Training prevention program including material focusing on violence and the media, anger management, and conflict resolution skills. Survey data were collected from 4,858 sixth grade students prior to the intervention and three months later after the intervention. Findings showed significant reductions in violence and delinquency for intervention participants relative to controls. Stronger prevention effects were found for students who received at least half of the preventive intervention. These effects include less verbal and physical aggression, fighting, and delinquency. The results of this study indicate that a school-based prevention approach previously found to prevent tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use can also prevent violence and delinquency.