Jogos a Dinheiro – Rede de Responsabilidade Social

Development, implementation, and evaluation of a multi-addiction prevention program for primary school students in Hong Kong: the B.E.S.T. Teen Program

Julho 8, 2016 by in ESTUDOS E PUBLICAÇÕES, Jogo de Menores No Comments
Título: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a multi-addiction prevention program for primary school students in Hong Kong: the B.E.S.T. Teen Program
Autores: Daniel T. L. Shek, Lu Yu, Hildie Leung, Florence K. Y. Wu, Moon Y. M. Law
Ano: 2016

Abstract

Based on the evaluation findings of the B.E.S.T. Teen Program which aimed at promoting behavioral, emotional, social, and thinking competencies in primary school students, it is argued in this paper that promotion of psychosocial competence to prevent addiction in primary school students is a promising strategy. A total of 382 Primary 5 (Grade 5) and 297 Primary 6 (Grade 6) students from five primary schools in Hong Kong participated in the program. Different evaluation strategies were adopted to evaluate the program. First, objective outcome evaluation adopting a non-equivalent group pretest–posttest experimental-control group design was conducted to examine change in the students. Second, to gauge students’ perceptions of the program, subjective outcome evaluation was conducted. The evaluation findings basically converged to tentatively suggest that young adolescents benefited from participating in the program. Implications on the development, implementation, and evaluation of addiction prevention programs for teenagers are discussed.

References

  1. Arnett, J. J. (1992). Reckless behavior in adolescence: A developmental perspective. Developmental Review, 12, 339–373. doi: 10.1016/0273-2297(92)90013-R.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  2. Boyd, D. (2007). Why youth (heart) social network sites: The role of networked publics in teenage social life. In D. Buckingham (Ed.), MacArthur foundation series on digital learning: Youth, identity, and digital media volume. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. doi: 10.1162/dmal.9780262524834.119.Google Scholar
  3. Breakthrough. (2003). Breakthrough youth research archives. Accessed Jan 22, 2016, from www.breakthrough.org.hk/ir/researchlog.htm.
  4. Caplan, S. E. (2005). A social skill account of problematic Internet use. Journal of Communication, 55(4), 721–736.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  5. Catalano, R. F., Hawkins, J. D., Berglund, M. L., Pollard, J. A., & Arthur, M. W. (2002). Prevention science and positive youth development: Competitive or cooperative frameworks? Journal of Adolescent Health, 31(6), 230–239. doi: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00496-2.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  6. Davis, R. A. (2001). Cognitive-behavioral model of pathological Internet use. Computers in Human Behavior, 17(2), 187–195. doi: 10.1016/S0747-5632(00)00041-8.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  7. Delfabbro, P., Derevensky, J. L., Gainsbury, S., Grant, J. E., Griffiths, M. D., Gupta, R., et al. (2011). Youth gambling: The hidden addiction. Boston: Walter de Gruyter.Google Scholar
  8. DiClemente, R. J., Hansen, W. B., & Ponton, L. E. (Eds.). (2013). Handbook of adolescent health risk behavior. New York: Springer Science & Business Media.Google Scholar
  9. Division, Narcotics. (2013). Central registry of drug abuse sixty-third report. Hong Kong: Narcotics Division, Security Bureau, Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.Google Scholar
  10. Durlak, J. A., & Wells, A. M. (1997). Primary prevention mental health programs for children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25(2), 115–152. doi: 10.1023/A:1024654026646.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  11. Goodman, L., Dutton, M. A., Weinfurt, K., & Cook, S. (2003). The intimate partner violence strategies index development and application. Violence Against Women, 9(2), 163–186. doi: 10.1177/1077801202239004.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  12. Gupta, R., & Derevensky, J. L. (2000). Adolescents with gambling problems: From research to treatment. Journal of Gambling Studies, 16(2–3), 315–342. doi: 10.1023/A:1009493200768.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  13. Hansen, W. B., & Graham, J. W. (1991). Preventing alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette use among adolescents: Peer pressure resistance training versus establishing conservative norms. Preventive Medicine, 20(3), 414–430. doi: 10.1016/0091-7435(91)90039-7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  14. Hardoon, K. K., & Derevensky, J. L. (2002). Child and adolescent gambling behavior: Current knowledge. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 7(2), 263–281. doi: 10.1177/1359104502007002012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  15. Home Affairs Bureau. (2012). The study on Hong Kong people’s participation in gambling activities. Hong Kong: Department of Applied Social Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.Google Scholar
  16. Kropp, R. Y., & Halpern-Felsher, B. L. (2004). Adolescents’ beliefs about the risks involved in smoking “light” cigarettes. Pediatrics, 114(4), 445–451. doi: 10.1542/peds.2004-0893.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  17. Lam, C. M., Lau, P. S. Y., Law, B. M. F., & Poon, Y. H. (2011). Using positive youth development constructs to design a drug education curriculum for junior secondary students in Hong Kong. The Scientific World Journal, 11, 2339–2347. doi: 10.1100/2011/280419.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  18. Lee, D. (2015) Six-year-olds in Hong Kong admit trying e-cigarettes, Caritas survey reveals. The South China Morning Post. Accessed Jan 22, 2016, from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1838184/six-year-olds-hong-kong-admit-trying-e-cigarettes.
  19. Lerner, R. M., & Galambos, N. L. (1998). Adolescent development: Challenges and opportunities for research, programs, and policies. Annual Review of Psychology, 49(1), 413–446.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  20. MacArthur, A., Smith, G. J., Melotti, M. C., Heron, R., Macleod, J., Hickman, J., et al. (2012). Patterns of alcohol use and multiple risk behaviour by gender during early and late adolescence: the ALSPAC cohort. Journal of Public Health, 34(Suppl 1), i20–i30. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds006.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  21. Mak, K. K., Lai, C. M., Watanabe, H., Kim, D. I., Bahar, N., Ramos, M., et al. (2014). Epidemiology of Internet behaviors and addiction among adolescents in six Asian countries. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17(11), 720–728. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0139.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  22. Masten, A. S., & Coatsworth, J. D. (1998). The development of competence in favorable and unfavorable environments: Lessons from research on successful children. American Psychologist, 53(2), 205–220. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.53.2.205.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  23. Parker, J. D. A., Taylor, R. N., Eastabrook, J. M., Schell, S. L., & Wood, L. M. (2008). Problem gambling in adolescence: Relationships with internet misuse, gaming abuse and emotional intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(2), 174–180. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.03.018.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  24. Pittman K. & Wright, M. (1991). A rationale for enhancing the role of the non-school voluntary sector in youth development. In: Paper commissioned by the Carnegie Task Force on Youth Developmet and Community Programs. Washington, DC: Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development.Google Scholar
  25. Shek, D. T. L. (2007). Tackling adolescent substance abuse in Hong Kong: Where we should and should not go. The Scientific World Journal, 7, 2021–2030. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2007.315.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  26. Shek, D. T. L., & Lam, C. M. (2008). Beliefs about cough medicine abuse among Chinese young people in Hong Kong. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal,36(1), 135–144. doi: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.1.135.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  27. Shek, D. T. L., & Leung, J. T. Y. (2013). Adolescent developmental issues in Hong Kong: Phenomena and implications for youth service. In D. T. L. Shek & R. C. F. Sun (Eds.), Development and evaluation of positive adolescent training through holistic social programs (PATHS) (pp. 1–13). Singapore: Springer.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  28. Shek, D. T. L., & Leung, J. T. Y. (2014). Substance abuse in junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. In D. T. L. Shek, R. C. F. Sun, & C. M. S. Ma (Eds.), Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: Family life, psychological well-being and risk behavior (pp. 133–154). Singapore: Springer.Google Scholar
  29. Shek, D. T. L., Tang, V. M., & Lo, C. Y. (2008). Internet addiction in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: Assessment, profiles, and psychosocial correlates. The Scientific World Journal, 8, 776–787. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2008.104.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  30. Shek, D. T. L., & Yu, L. (2011). A review of validated youth prevention and positive youth development programs in Asia. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health,23(4), 317–324. doi: 10.1515/IJAMH.2011.028.Google Scholar
  31. Shek, D. T. L., & Yu, L. (2012). Longitudinal impact of the Project PATHS on adolescent risk behavior: What happened after five years? The Scientific World Journal,. doi: 10.1100/2012/316029.Google Scholar
  32. Shek, D. T. L., & Yu, L. (2014). Factorial validity of a subjective outcome evaluation tool for implementers of a positive youth development program. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 27, S32–S42. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2014.02.010.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  33. Sun, R. C. F., & Shek, D. T. L. (2010). Life satisfaction, positive youth development, and problem behavior among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research,95(3), 455–474. doi: 10.1007/s11205-009-9531-9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  34. Sun, R. C. F., & Shek, D. T. L. (2012). Positive youth development, life satisfaction and problem behavior among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: A replication. Social Indicators Research, 105(3), 541–559. doi: 10.1007/s11205-011-9786-9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  35. Sun, R. C. F., & Shek, D. T. L. (2013). Longitudinal influences of positive youth development and life satisfaction on problem behavior among adolescents in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research, 114(3), 1171–1197. doi: 10.1007/s11205-012-0196-4.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  36. Thompson, R. A. (1991). Emotion regulation and emotional development. Educational Psychology Review, 3(4), 269–307. doi: 10.1007/BF01319934.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  37. Trinidad, D. R., & Johnson, C. A. (2002). The association between emotional intelligence and early adolescent tobacco and alcohol use. Personality and Individual Differences,32(1), 95–105. doi: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00008-3.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  38. Wallace, P. (2014). Internet addiction disorder and youth. EMBO Reports, 15(1), 12–16. doi: 10.1002/embr.201338222.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  39. Wills, T. A., Sandy, J. M., Yaeger, A. M., Cleary, S. D., & Shinar, O. (2001). Coping dimensions, life stress, and adolescent substance use: A latent growth analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110(2), 309–323. doi: 10.1037/0021-843X.110.2.309.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  40. Wong, I. L. K., & So, E. M. T. (2014). Internet gambling among high school students in Hong Kong. Journal of Gambling Studies, 30(3), 565–576. doi: 10.1007/s10899-013-9413-6.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  41. Xiao, L., Bechara, A., Grenard, L. J., Stacy, W. A., Palmer, P., Wei, Y. L., et al. (2009). Affective decision-making predictive of Chinese adolescent drinking behaviors. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15(4), 547–557. doi: 10.1017/S1355617709090808.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  42. Young, K. S. (1999). A therapist’s guide to assess and treat internet addiction. Accessed Jan 22, 2016, from http://www.netaddiction.com/articles/practitioners.pdf.
  43. Yun, J. S., & Lyu, E. S. (2012). Satisfaction and perception of nutrition education by elementary school students. Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition,41(9), 1259–1264. doi: 10.3746/jkfn.2012.41.9.1259.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

…

Fonte: Springer
 
VISITE OS NOSSOS SÍTIOScurved_arrow-512
REDE DE RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL 
Rede de Responsabilidade Social (RRS)

Related Posts

Leave A Response