Citation

Tyler J, Lichtenstein C. Eval. Program Plann. 1997; 20(1): 27-45.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0149-7189(96)00034-1

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Assessment of risk, protective, alcohol and other drug (AOD) knowledge, attitude, and AOD behavior of 1797 high-risk youth ages 12-18 who participated in the Community Youth Activity Program demonstration project funded to 14 grantees was accomplished using the Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior instrument. Findings of three ANOVA and MANOVA models show that (a) males demonstrate more risk than females; (b) African Americans and Native Americans show higher protective levels than whites and Hispanics; (c) males, as grade level increases, report more AOD knowledge than females; (d) males show more unhealthy attitudes than females, but as grade levels increase, attitudes improve for both males and females; (e) males report more AOD behavior than females, and both genders report increased usage as grade levels increase; and (f) protection level is directly related to AOD knowledge and attitude and inversely related to AOD behavior. Therefore, the more protection, the greater the AOD knowledge, the more positive the attitude, and the lower the risk of AOD behavior.