Citation

Botvin GJ, Kantor LW. Alcohol Res. Health 2000; 24(4): 250-257.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health)

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Abstract

Rates of drinking and smoking increase among high school students as they age. Therefore, prevention programs that target youth either before or during junior high school may help prevent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use during high school. Life skills training (LST) is a school-based approach designed to prevent ATOD use among youth by influencing their knowledge and attitudes about ATODs, by teaching skills for resisting social pressures to use ATODs, and by helping students develop personal self-management and social skills. Researchers have studied this program's effectiveness in preventing use of various substances among varied populations. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Alcohol Research and Health, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

For more information on Life Skills Training, a Blueprints for Violence Prevention Model Program, see VioPro record number 2260.

Elementary School Student
Junior High School Student
Prevention Program
Blueprints Model Reference
Drug Use Prevention
Tobacco Use Prevention
Alcohol Use Prevention
Substance Use Prevention
Prevention Education
Education Program
School Based
Child Substance Use
Juvenile Substance Use
Program Description
Program Effectiveness
Juvenile Knowledge
Juvenile Attitudes
Child Knowledge
Child Attitudes
Social Skills Development
Prosocial Skills
Peer Pressure
Resistance Skills
Child Development
Youth Development
Juvenile Development
Late Childhood
Early Adolescence
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