A Longitudinal Comparison of Two Versions of an Interactive Multimedia Substance Abuse Education Program

Autor/inn/en	Epstein, Joel; Thomson, Nicole Renick; Collins, Karen Kadela; Pancella, Thom
Titel	A Longitudinal Comparison of Two Versions of an Interactive Multimedia Substance Abuse Education Program
Quelle	In: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 18 (2009) 3, S.302-321 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-828X
Schlagwörter	Core Curriculum; Churches; Drug Addiction; Computer Assisted Instruction; Drug Abuse; Longitudinal Studies; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; African Americans; Intervention; Multimedia Instruction; Pretests Posttests; Comparative Analysis; Control Groups; Missouri + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kerncurriculum; Church; Kirche; Drug dependence; Drug consomption; Drogenabhängigkeit; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Afroamerikaner; Multimediales Lernen
Abstract	Using a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, The Missouri Institute of Mental Health produced a series of media tools designed to teach fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade children from African-American churches about the science of drug addiction. Beginning with a core curriculum, we created two separate interventions. In the "SpaceScouts" version of the program, the content is embedded within a narrative storyline delivered via an interactive DVD. In the "LockerTalk" version of the program, content is delivered in a more didactic form via an interactive CD-ROM. Youths from a dozen churches were randomly assigned to one of these two conditions or to a wait-list control. We conducted pretest, posttest, and four- and eight-month follow-up evaluations. We ran an additional sample of youths through our programs during a summer camp. Analyses of our programs revealed that students who received our interventions demonstrated some modest gains in knowledge. Specifically, students who viewed "SpaceScouts" demonstrated improvements from baseline on one of the three sub-modules at post-test. Students who viewed "LockerTalk," however, showed greater overall mastery of the content as compared to the students who viewed "SpaceScouts" or were in the wait-list control condition. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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