The Effectiveness of the Life Skills Program IPSY for the Prevention of Adolescent Tobacco Use: The Mediating Role of Yielding to Peer Pressure

Autor/inn/en	Weichold, Karina; Tomasik, Martin J.; Silbereisen, Rainer K.; Spaeth, Michael
Titel	The Effectiveness of the Life Skills Program IPSY for the Prevention of Adolescent Tobacco Use: The Mediating Role of Yielding to Peer Pressure
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 36 (2016) 7, S.881-908 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431615589349
Schlagwörter	Daily Living Skills; Program Effectiveness; Adolescent Attitudes; Prevention; Smoking; Peer Influence; Early Adolescents; Intervention; Longitudinal Studies; Quasiexperimental Design; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Student Participation; Grade 5; Pretests Posttests; Questionnaires; Incidence; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alltagsfertigkeit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Rauchen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Fragebogen; Vorkommen; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Deutschland
Abstract	In this study, the effectiveness of a life skills program to impede tobacco use in early adolescence was scrutinized. The focus was on the mediating role of yielding to peer pressure. The universal school-based life skills program IPSY (Information + Psychosocial Competence = Protection) against adolescent substance use was implemented over 3 years. Over the same time period, it was evaluated based on a longitudinal quasi-experimental design with an intervention and comparison group (4 measurement points; N = 1,657 German students, age 10 at T1). By applying a growth curve modeling approach, we found that participation in IPSY compared with non-participation predicted a slower increase in tobacco use over time, suggesting a significant intervention effect. Moreover, a parallel growth curve model revealed that less yielding to peer pressure induced by IPSY mediated the program effects on tobacco use over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01