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Student attitudinal inventory for outcome evaluation of adolescent drug abuse prevention programs

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This study introduces an evaluation instrument entitled the “High-Risk Student Attitudinal Inventory.” It can be used for outcome evaluation in assessing the effectiveness of various primary prevention programs aimed at deterring adolescent drug abuse. This instrument has seven attitudinal syndromes that are theoretically based and are empirically related to student drug involvement. Each attitudinal syndrome is composed of ten Likert-type scale items. The mean Cronbach Alpha coefficient of reliability pertaining to the scales is .83. Criterion-related validity of the scales is established through a known-group method. The groups identified are the current drug users and non-drug users.

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  1. Sehwan Kim
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Sehwan Kim is a program evaluator/senior researcher at the Charlotte Drug Education Center. Reprint requests should be sent to the author at 1416 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28204. A version of this paper was presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Alcohol and Drug Problem Association of North America, Washington, D.C., August 26–30, 1979. The preparation of this document was supported by a grant #1E07DA 01562 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Special gratitude must go to Dr. Stephen Newman, Ms. Rita Arundell, and Dr. Jonnie McLeod whose active participation and helpful ideas in developing the Student Attitudinal Inventory made this study possible.

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Kim, S. Student attitudinal inventory for outcome evaluation of adolescent drug abuse prevention programs. J Primary Prevent 2, 91–100 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01333746

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