A WORKPLACE CD-ROM DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR PARENTS

青少年滥用药物的情况仍然很严重，令人无法容忍。研究表明，父母可以通过温暖、权威的家庭管理、强烈的依恋、积极的父母榜样和不那么宽容的态度，对孩子产生强大的影响。证据令人信服地支持专门针对父母的预防计划。 工作场所是针对父母的一个未充分利用的资源。 虽然有针对父母的预防方案，但很少考虑到青少年的发展阶段，更少的是向父母提供利用互动多媒体技术进行个人学习、行为示范和替代学习的机会。 最后，很少有方案能在父母方便的时候为他们提供这些机会。本研究的目的是为在职父母开发和测试一个基于光盘/互联网的青少年药物滥用预防计划。 该计划将包括使用引人入胜的视频小插曲和推荐。在第一阶段，制定了一个原型预防方案，并进行了试点测试。结果表明，该方法是可行的，具有良好的应用前景。在第二阶段，该计划的模块和部分将得到充分的开发和现场测试与一组500宪章通信员工使用随机的前测后测设计。在现场测试之后，将对该计划进行修订，并准备向工业市场推广。拟定商业应用：父母可以对他们的孩子是否滥用药物有很大的影响力，但很少有预防方案存在的父母，结合联合收割机的机会，行为建模和替代学习的独特教学能力的互动多媒体计算机技术。 一个精心开发的，基于计算机的预防计划，为工作的父母应该有相当大的吸引力的父母和他们的雇主。

Substance abuse among adolescents continues at intolerably high levels. Research indicates that parents can provide a powerful influence over their children through warm, authoritative family management; strong attachments; positive parental modeling; and less permissive attitudes. The evidence argues convincingly for prevention programs directed specifically at parents. The workplace is an underutilized resource for targeting parents. Although prevention programs for parents exist, very few consider the adolescent's stage of development, and fewer still provide parents with opportunities for individual learning, behavior modeling, and vicarious learning using interactive, multi-media technology. Finally, few programs exist that provide these opportunities for parents at their convenience. The objective of the research is to develop and test a CD-ROM/Intemet- based adolescent substance abuse prevention program for working parents. The program will include the use of engaging video vignettes and testimonials. In Phase I, a prototype prevention program was developed and pilot- tested. Results indicated that the approach is feasible and promising. In Phase II the program modules and sections will be fully developed and field tested with a group of 500 Charter Communications employees using a randomized pretest-posttest design. Following the field test, the program will be revised and prepared to market to industry. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Parents can have a powerful influence over whether their children engage in substance abuse, yet few prevention programs exist for parents that combine opportunities for behavioral modeling and vicarious learning with the unique teaching capacity of interactive multi-media computer technology. A carefully developed, computer-based prevention program for working parents should be of considerable appeal to parents and their employers.