TEACHING ADOLESCENTS ABOUT ALCOHOL AND DRIVING. A TWO-YEAR FOLLOW-UP

The study analyzes the effectiveness of the Teams, Games, Tournaments (TGT) approach to alcohol education among adolescents. The TGT program uses game playing as a teaching device and emphasizes group achievement. Teams of Students with varying levels of alcohol knowledge study and compete among themselves during 4 weeks of daily 50-minute sessions. The program has alcohol education and self-management components. The results are presented from a 2-year follow-up of 389 students who participated in the TGT program, 267 who had traditional instruction, and 284 who had no instruction. Forty-nine percent were seniors and 29 percent juniors. The analysis focuses on measuring maintenance of positive behavior changes resulting from the TGT program. TGT participants maintained previous positive changes over 2 years whereas the traditional and no instructions groups showed little or no change.

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  Baywood Publishing Company Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Wodarski, J S
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 327-344
• Serial:
  • Journal of Drug Education
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0047-2379
  • Serial URL: http://baywood.com/journals/PreviewJournals.asp?Id=0047-2379

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Alcohol use; Behavior; Driver education; Measures of effectiveness; Safety programs; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00480897
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM