NCJ Number
127512
Date Published
Unknown
Length
29 pages
Annotation
These reports evaluate Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), a program implemented for preteens in 22 schools from 10 districts in Colorado during 1989. It focuses on self-reported attitudes of 1250 students in the last year of elementary school who participated in the pretest and posttest evaluation of the DARE program.
Abstract
Results of the pretest revealed that student attitude toward drugs was extremely negative; that self concepts were that positive, personal skills were moderate; and that attitudes toward police were favorable. Comparison of 15 drug-related items from the pretest with times on the posttests showed that on 10 of these, the increases in negative attitudes was statistically significant. Comparison of pretest with posttest scores for 7 items on self-concept, personal skills, and attitudes toward police demonstrated that on 6 of these items students increased their positive self-image, personal skills, and positive attitudes toward police in a statistically significant manner. The results of this study indicate that participation in the DARE program modified student attitudes toward drugs, toward themselves, and toward police. 8 tables and 19 references