TY  - JOUR
T1  - Examining the Impact of Psycho-Social Empowerment on Students’ General and Behavioral Attitudes Towards Drugs
AU - Rahmati, Robab AU - Mohammadkhani, Shahram AU - Mohsenpour, Mohammad Reza 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
SP  - 419
EP  - 424
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2016.419.424
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2016.419.424
KW  - Empowerment
KW  -psycho-social
KW  -attitude
KW  -behavioral
KW  -general
AB  - The present quasi-experimental research aimed to investigate and determine the effectiveness of psycho-social empowerment on students’ general and behavioral attitudes towards drugs. The statistical sample consisted of 380 first-year high school adolescents who were chosen by multistage cluster sampling method. The experimental group was trained via 11 sessions that were conducted by police counselors and personnel. The data were collected using a drug attitude questionnaire. Then, the multi-way ANOVA was used. The results indicated that the scores of experimental group (in terms of cognitive and behavioral attitudes) were significantly lower than the scores of control group (p<0.01). Although, there was not any significant difference between male and female students in terms of behavioral attitude (p<0.05), they were significantly different in terms of general attitude (p<0.05). As a result, implementing the psycho-social empowerment program could increase students’ negative attitudes toward drug use. In addition, this training had a greater impact on female students in terms of general attitude towards drugs. Therefore, the introduction of interventions should consider the basic differences between the two genders.
ER  -