A WORKPLACE CD-ROM DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR PARENTS

青少年滥用药物的程度仍然高得令人无法容忍。研究表明，父母可以通过温暖、权威的家庭管理对孩子产生强大的影响；强大的附件;积极的父母模式；以及更少的宽容态度。证据令人信服地证明，预防项目是专门针对父母的。工作场所是一个未被充分利用的针对父母的资源。虽然存在针对家长的预防项目，但很少考虑到青少年的发展阶段，更少的是为家长提供个人学习、行为建模和使用交互式多媒体技术的替代学习的机会。最后，很少有项目在父母方便的时候为他们提供这些机会。研究的目的是开发和测试一个基于CD-ROM/互联网的青少年药物滥用预防计划，以供在职父母使用。该计划将包括使用引人入胜的视频短片和推荐信。在第一阶段，开发了一个原型预防计划并进行了试点测试。结果表明，该方法是可行的，具有广阔的应用前景。在第二阶段，计划模块和部分将被充分开发，并在500名Charter Communications员工中使用随机前测后测设计进行现场测试。在现场测试之后，该计划将被修改并准备推向工业市场。建议的商业应用：父母可以对他们的孩子是否参与药物滥用有很大的影响，但是很少有针对父母的预防计划，将行为建模和替代学习的机会与交互式多媒体计算机技术的独特教学能力结合起来。为在职父母精心制定的以计算机为基础的预防程序应该对父母及其雇主具有相当大的吸引力。

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.